ASP.NET for Mobiles

Mobile Devices

Learn how to the ASP.NET framework makes it easy to build mobile Web applications. Use the following tutorials and resources to create ASP.NET applications that can deliver markup to a wide variety of mobile devices including cell phones and PDAs.

Device Support

Device Updates
Take advantage of the updated Browser Definition File produced by the Windows Live team. This updated Browser Definition File, released free to the community, contains information collected from hundreds of mobile devices used to visit such Microsoft websites as Hotmail and Windows Live Spaces.
Tested Devices
View the devices and browsers that have been tested with the ASP.NET mobile controls.
Device Simulators
Links to device emulators that you can use to test your mobile web applications on your desktop.

Learn More

Mobile Web Sites with ASP.NET MVC and the Mobile Browser Definition File
In this talk presented at the Microsoft MIX conference, Scott Hanselman discusses how you can create mobile device friendly websites using ASP.NET MVC.
Develop IPhone applications with ASP.NET
ComponentOne Studio for iPhone is a suite of ASP.NET controls that mimic the look and feel of the iPhone and iPod touch user interfaces when rendered in Mobile Safari.
Develop Blackberry applications with ASP.NET 2.0
Flowfinity’s Portal Connect for Blackberry lets you build BlackBerry applications using Visual Studio 2005 and native ASP.NET 2.0 controls such as the GridView.
Windows Mobile Website
The Microsoft Windows Mobile Website contains resources for developers who want to develop applications for Windows Mobile devices.
ASP.NET Mobile Controls XHTML Adapter Source released
Source code for the XHTML adapter is now available for download. Mobile application developers may modify this source code in order to modify the way the ASP.NET 1.1 mobile controls are rendered to XHTML devices.

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