what is .NET Mobile

Introduction to .NET Mobile
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With .NET Mobile, Microsoft has introduced a new platform for developing mobile applications.
To support all types of mobile devices, developers must create one different application for each language.

.NET Mobile
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.NET Mobile is an extension to Microsoft ASP.NET and the Microsoft's .NET Framework.
.NET Mobile is a set of server-side Forms Controls to build applications for wireless mobile devices.
These controls produce different output for different devices by generating WML, HTML, or compact HTML.


Software Requirements

To develop mobile applications with .NET Mobile, you must have the following components:

1. Windows 2000 Professional/Server with IIS 5
2. All Windows 2000 service packs
3. The ASP.NET framework
4. Microsoft Mobile Internet Toolkit (MMIT)
5. Internet Explorer 5.5 or later
6. A WAP simulator

You will need Windows 2000 to develop .NET applications (IIS 5 (Internet Information Services) is a part of Windows 2000).
If you want to read more about how to install .NET go to our ASP.NET tutorial.
You also have to install MMIT (.NET Mobile).

Internet Explorer and MMIT can be downloaded from Microsoft MSDN website .
http://msdn.microsoft.com/hi-in/default.aspx

How To write to start

Developing a mobile web application with ASP.NET is very easy:

1. Create an ASP.NET page
2. Include System.Mobile.UI
3. Add Mobile Controls to the page
( Mobile Controls are similar to Web Controls in ASP.NET. )