Windows CE dev in VS - decent books?

[voodooflux]

...but I believe that no Windows CE device runs Java out of the box - MS removed it completely from their platforms for legal reasons (as in, they're not legally permitted to ship Java on anything).

I believe i-mate devices ship (or at least used to) with a JVM. Microsoft only provide the core OS to the device makers, who then add their own "stuff" via the Platform Builder.

[AtW]

I'll resist the temptation to make jokes about targeting kids in the park

[VectraMan]

Flash is another option; a lot of phones now have Flash players (Jesus phone aside), and has the advantage of looking the same anywhere (i.e. the same but bigger on a PC).

I didn't think Windows Mobile had taken off in any serious way either, so it would be a mistake to target a single platform when something like Flash (or Java if you really have to) can be platform independent.

[AtW]

Target HTML/JavaScript - mobile internet becomes popular now in the West, so browsers are available on many mobiles now - load up files locally on the phone and no need for Internet connection either.

Not sure how well Flash is supported in those - probably not anywhere near as well as HTML/JavaScript.

[VectraMan]

Target HTML/JavaScript - mobile internet becomes popular now in the West, so browsers are available on many mobiles now - load up files locally on the phone and no need for Internet connection either.

Could you do a HTML/JS only app with just the client side? To do any kind of useful application I'd have thought you'd need a webserver to manage the state, which may not be available.

Flash Lite support:

http://www.adobe.com/mobile/supported_devices/

Which incidentally includes all Windows Mobile devices.

[AtW]

Could you do a HTML/JS only app with just the client side?

Possible - just use cookies to store some variables locally?

[xoggoth]

Ta for extra comments. This HTML/js sounds good as am already pretty well up on wierd uses of jscript.

[AtW]

Ta for extra comments. This HTML/js sounds good as am already pretty well up on wierd uses of jscript.

You accept my suggested solution then? You'll be first on cUK...

[xoggoth]

Your comments are often very sensible although of course I would never say so.

[AtW]

Quick delete the above message before anyone sees it!