Vadim Rapp
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Mobile Development in Visual Studio
Our company currently is using a number of compact computers like Motorola/Symbol MC71 and similar. They all have Windows Mobile 6 and run several applications that we have created using Visual Studio 2008. These applications scan some barcodes and then perform operations on our database, to which they reach out using wireless network. Inventory control and shipping, mostly.
However, Microsoft has discontinued support of Windows Mobile platform in later versions of Visual Studio, in favor of Windows Phone platform. But Windows Phone is not company-oriented device, it's primarily for consumer market, and for instance, the telephone function is not needed at all.
I see that even today barcodesinc is selling windows mobile-based devices, which probably means that new applications are still being created in the development tool that is already 6 years old.
So I was wondering, is there something coming to replace it?
However, Microsoft has discontinued support of Windows Mobile platform in later versions of Visual Studio, in favor of Windows Phone platform. But Windows Phone is not company-oriented device, it's primarily for consumer market, and for instance, the telephone function is not needed at all.
I see that even today barcodesinc is selling windows mobile-based devices, which probably means that new applications are still being created in the development tool that is already 6 years old.
So I was wondering, is there something coming to replace it?
No. The main reason is that the market share for these devices is so little (and steadily decreasing) that there is no energy spent in that area.
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It's surprising. I'd think that wherever there are any inventory operations, the need does exist. Why is it decreasing?
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