aphistic

Hey everyone!

Sorry if this is the wrong place but I just don't know where else to ask, I've been lurking on Aximsite for a year or so and it's the only site I know. :)

Anyway, I've recently decided to get serious about doing some hobby development for Windows Mobile and the different versions of the SDK are a little confusing to me. The main problem I'm having is that I have an Axim x50v that I'd like to use my apps on but I'm also going to be getting a Treo 750 in the near future that I'd also like to use the apps on. Would I want to use the Pocket PC SDK or the Smartphone SDK? Should I get the WM 5 version or the WM 6 version (is it backward compatible)? Are there really any significant differences between the two SDKs other than the emulators? Would the best option to support both of them be to write all my backend code in a seperate assembly and then keep two different UIs (pocket pc and smartphone)?

Thanks for the help!

psionandy

As a general rule of thumb, If you want it to run on a device with a touchscreen you should use the pocket pc one.

According to microsoft smartphones run a different os and don't have touch screens.

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greytrev

Andy is right. However, it should be easy to replicate your code to deploy it for smartphones as well. Typically, the smartphone SDK is rolled into the windows mobile SDK's. When you open visual studio to start a smart device project you select what platform you're targeting.

as far as "backward compatability" with the SDK's, as far as i know it will install for previous versions. I installed the WM5 SDK and it also included the WM2003SE/2002 SDK's. I'm fairly certain this will hold true with the WM6 SDK, but you never know. I'd try that alone first, and if you need to target something earlier and the SDK hasn't installed it, you can always grab it.

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aphistic

Sorry for taking so long to respond, but thanks to you both for the answers!

greytrev

if you're interested in development, there's a number of sites that you could look for. there's the pocket pc developers network (Pocket PC Developer Network) and also devbuzz (devbuzz.com)

enjoy.

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