Executive Summary

Truly mobile applications go anywhere. While several factors go into the recipe for mobile applications, the ability to access remote data while disconnected or away from the office is an important ingredient. Windows CE provides several mechanisms for accessing data. With the .NET Compact Framework running atop of this Win32 operating system, a developer has additional runtime supports that make various types of communications possible for remote applications.

In the design of mobile applications, several areas should be investigated that include application characteristics, the distance of the device from a network connection, throughput of the available network-connectivity options, communication hardware, and costs. Each ...

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