Readers learn how to use, customize, and optimize the new generation of Palm-size and Handheld PCs based on Microsoft's Windows CE operating system. Written by an award-winning author and expert in the field, this will be the first book to cover in detail Windows CE Palm-size devices and the just-launched Handheld PC Pro devices.

This book, dedicated to the Pocket PC devices, teaches readers how to use, customize, and optimize palm-size PCs running Microsoft's forthcoming Pocket PC operating system. The author offers extensive tips, workarounds, and innovative solutions that can help readers get the most out of a pocket PC.

"Here is the definitive guide to programming the Windows CE API--now in its third edition, with details on how to use Windows CE .NET to design high-performance applications for smart devices"--Resource description page.

EMbedded Visual Basic: Windows CE and Pocket PC Mobile Applications is an in-depth exploration into eVB's inherent features, and how to use them to solve likely mobile application programming tasks. The reader will be able to write applications tackling a wide array of business problems for Windows CE-powered devices, both customized and for the popular Pocket PC and Handheld PC products. The documentation for eVB is not very strong; this book will help ease the transition into the language, and provide a reference for even more experienced developers.

The book provides an introduction to Works 2000 for new users, with the assumption that the new Works user probably has little prior experience of computers. It starts with the basics of screen control and file management, then looks at each of the main components in turn. The focus is on what is being processed - text, numbers, etc - rather than the application being used, as the same techniques recur in different applications.

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This book will provide you with a comprehensive guide to developing games for both the Windows Mobile platform and the Windows Phone using the industry standard programming languages C# and VB .NET. You will be walked through every aspect of developing for the Windows Mobile platform—from setting up your development environment for the first time to creating advanced 3D graphics. Finally, you’ll learn how you can make your applications available to others, whether distributing for free or selling online. Using extensive code samples throughout, you’ll gather all the information needed to create your own games and distribute them successfully for others to enjoy. Aimed primarily at C# developers, almost everything in the book can be used in VB .NET too. For those areas where this is not the case, workarounds are suggested so that VB .NET developers are still able to use the techniques described.