Visual Studio 2010 Mobile Devices Development

    I've just installed Visual Studio 2010 (Ultimate) for testing purposes.
    I've noticed that any support for smart device development is missing. I can find some informationen on MSDN or on blogs but no extensive information. The essence is that right now the support has simply been dropped and that Microsoft is currently focussing on its Windows Phone 7. Obviously there will be a Windows Embedded Compact and a Windows CE7 but its unlikely that they will be availble before 2011.


    Does anyone know more about that?


    What does it mean for the F&S SBCs? How will development continue for these boards?



    Any piece of information would be appreciated.

    Hello,
    You are right, support for "Smart device projects" is not included in VS 2010.
    But you can still use VS 2008 for development.
    The reason for this is as follows:
    Next version of Windows CE with name Windows Embedded Compact 7 is very close to go to production.
    You can already download the CTP (Community Technology Preview) from Microsoft download server.
    Windows Phone 7 is also based on Windows Embedded Compact 7.
    Both version support .NET CF and Silverlight as programming environment.
    Additionally Compact 7 support native programming with C/C++.
    So there are a lot of changes and it was not possible to bring this new features in VS2010. But we expect support after the relase of Win Phone 7 or Win Compact 7.


    F&S is already working with the new version of WinCE. You can expect products at least at Embedded World 2011.
    Some Links:
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    <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/frankpr/archive/2010/06/18/ank-252-ndigung-windows-embedded-handheld.aspx">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/frankpr/archive ... dheld.aspx</a><!-- m -->
    <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/frankpr/archive/2010/05/04/device-entwicklung-vs2008-vs-vs2010.aspx">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/frankpr/archive ... s2010.aspx</a><!-- m -->


    From the follwing link you can read that support for VS2010 will come with the availability of Windows Embedded Handheld in 2011.
    <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.mobiletechworld.com/2010/06/17/microsoft-announces-windows-embedded-handheld-mobile-os/#more-11831">http://www.mobiletechworld.com/2010/06/ ... more-11831</a><!-- m -->



    Regards

    F&S Elektronik Systeme GmbH
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