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Programmers get away with a lot today. With .NET, at last there is a framework that allows for really easy application development. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc185722.aspx#S7

Optimize Your Pocket PC Development with .NET Compact Framework

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc164090.aspx Handheld and other portable devices are shipping with ever growing feature sets.

Using the .NET Compact Framework, SQL Server CE, and Replication

Data Points: Accessing Data from a Mobile Application

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc135982.aspx Data access is an important aspect of developing applications with the Microsoft ® .NET Compact Framework for Windows Mobile ® devices. By using the existing architecture to send and receive data between your mobile application and your application server, you can pass data with either DataSets, custom objects, or scalar values. In this installment of DataPoints, I want to discuss best practices for data access strategies when developing mobile applications for Smartphones.
We’re very excited to join Nitobi to announce availability of a PhoneGap beta supporting Windows Phone Mango. This new option to build applications targeting Windows Phone gives more choices to developers. http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_phone/b/wpdev/archive/2011/09/08/phonegap-mobile-html5-framework-adding-support-for-windows-phone-mango.aspx

PhoneGap mobile HTML5 framework adding support for Windows Phone Mango

http://www.blogsdna.com/18187/download-windows-8-developer-preview-build-iso-32-bit-64-bit.htm

Download Windows 8 Developer Preview Build ISO (32-bit & 64-bit) Torrent

Like Windows 7 Public betas Microsoft has made the first Windows 8 Developer Preview build publicly available for download to all Windows enthusiast.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb737202.aspx The security roles that provide access to each configuration service provider are listed in the default metabase settings list.

Configuration Service Providers and Security Roles

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb737392.aspx

OMA DM Provisioning Files

OMA DM commands are transmitted between the server and the client device in messages.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb737517.aspx

OMA Client Provisioning Files

The structure of the nodes within each version is the same: The Configuration Service Provider is identified, as are the settings to be queried or changed.

Managing Windows Mobile Devices

Managing a device involves configuring the device after the initial operating system (OS) is put in ROM. The initial image placed in ROM is the bootstrap image. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb737404.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb158529.aspx

Creating an Installer for Windows Mobile Applications

I have followed the steps here, but I don't see the "myApp.ini" file anywhere in any of my CAB or Setup projects?? Should the .ini file be auto-generated by Visual Studio, or should it be created by hand?

Mobile PractiCEs: How to create a windows mobile (Smart Device) .Cab installer

This time I'm going back to a basic topic: How to create a windows mobile installer for our mobile (Pocket PC / Smartphone)application. I've already blogged before about how to build a .cab which registers the assemblies on the .Net CF GAC . But this time I'm focusing on the .cab installer itself. A Cab file is the default setup format for Windows CE and Windows Mobile devices (similar to windows .msi files). You probably already have installed several application using .cab files, and are familiar with the concept. One point which is often unknown is that .cab files are processed by wceloader.exe , and it can only install one .cab file at a time .

Optional Setup.dll Files for Installation

When you create a cabinet (.cab) file, you can choose to add an optional Setup.dll file. This enables you to perform operations before and after the installation and unistallation of your application on target devices. If you are using CAB Wizard to create your .cab file, you specify your Setup.dll in the DefaultInstall section of your .inf file.
The Wceload tool (Wceload.exe), which is an XML-based CAB installer application, runs on your target device.

Wceload Tool

CAB Wizard

When you finish developing your driver or application, you can use the CAB Wizard to create cabinet (.cab) files to facilitate installation of your driver or application on devices. This file acts as a container, holding all necessary device driver or application files in one location, which ensures that these files are present at installation. You create a .cab file by first using a text editor to create an .inf file and then using the CAB Wizard command-line tool (Cabwiz.exe) at the command prompt.