energy, hands-on experience, and long-term vision ensure that this book is the highest quality. " - From the foreword by Ya-Qin Zhang, Corporate Vice President for Research, Microsoft China Second-generation Smartphone applications are designed specifically to enhance the benefits of mobility and wireless access everywhere. This book gives you in-depth views of issues of software development and design guidelines, and helps you get the skills you need to develop their own efficient and feature-rich Smartphone applications that utilize the latest technologies. Complete with code and examples, the book first walks you through the Microsoft Smartphone platform from the perspective of software developers. You then will find detailed information on Microsoft Smartphone application design and programming-related topics in the domain of the Compact NET Framework. (Managed code). Plus, you'll explore advanced development topics such as security and performance considerations that you will be able to put in your own application. What you will learn from this book * How to use the programming framework and classes available in Windows Mobile and Smartphone SDK * Fundamental NET Compact. Framework 2.0 * Techniques to develop its own robust Smartphone applications * Steps for customizing components and P / Invoke * How to increase data security and communications * How to improve your application performance * Fundamental techniques for supporting world-ready applications Who this book is to This book is for software architects and developers who work in the field of mobile application development as well as professionals who want a quick and comprehensive overview of the software development platform Microsoft Smartphone. Wrox Professional guides are planned and written by working programmers to meet the real-world needs of programmers, developers, and IT professionals.