Leveraging Microsoft Embedded and Mobile Platforms

Who Am I?

Agenda

Life after the desktop!

Why .NET?

Platform Choices

PDA

Game Console

Web

Where to start?

Web vs Desktop

The Device Landscape Windows Mobile, Pocket PC, SmartPhone, Windows CE Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows XP Embedded Remote Controls , Wearable Devices, Auxiliary Displays Increasing functionality .NET Micro Framework .NET Compact Framework .NET Framework

Why mobilise an application?

Distributed work forces

Competitive advantage

Unlock potential of existing data

Why .NET?

Language Neutral

Virtual Machine

Familiar tools

Code reuse

C# experience Development Requirements Visual Studio 2008 Project specific SDK Real Hardware

.NET Platform choices

Micro

Compact

Full

Silverlight

Mono

.NET Micro Framework

.NET Runtime in 300KB

Does not require an OS

Rich Hardware interfacing

www.devicesolutions.net

.NET Compact Framework

30% functionality in 10% space

X86, ARM, SH4, MIPS….

Compatible Base Class Library

Bring .NET to devices Performance and Tools Distributed and Data based apps

Typical Device Specifications Professional 200 – 700 Mhz 32 – 128 MB 128 MB Yes 240 x 320 Standard 100 – 300 Mhz 16 - 64 MB 64 MB No 176 x 220 Processor RAM ROM Touch Screen LCD Resolution

Development Constraints

Resources

Touch screen

Occasionally connected

Is your app a “kitchen sink”?

SQL Server Compact 3.5

Supports desktop and mobile platforms

In-process database engine

1 – 2 MB

Minimal duplication

Strong security

DEMO Smart Device Hello World

Rich vs Thin Clients

Frequent round trips

Requires connectivity

Limited controls

Easy deployment

AJAX and Silverlight

Silverlight

Rich Internet Application (RIA) Platform

Animation, vector graphics, audio-video playback

Subset of XAML

Guaranteed Codecs

Silverlight Releases

Version 1

Javascript

Version 2 (aka v1.1)

CLR (C#)

DLR

Silverlight Mobile

Closed Beta

Windows Mobile

Nokia S60

Timeline

CTP 2 nd Quarter

RTW 4 th Quarter

Makes use of existing device codecs

DEMO Silverlight Clock

DEMO Zero Gravity

Console Game Development

XNA

Managed Runtime

Focus on the game not the platform

Simplifies cross platform development

Desktop, XBOX-360, Zune…

Consistent APIs

XNA Game Studio XNA Game Studio Extends C# Express to support XNA Framework, building game content and targeting Xbox 360 XNA Framework Cross-platform game framework and runtime Xbox 360 CLR Custom version of the .NET Compact Framework Framework

Games Extended Framework Core Framework Platform Direct3D XACT XINPUT XContent Application Model Content Pipeline Graphics Audio Input Math Storage Starter Kits Code Content Components XNA Framework Overview

DEMO