General Info Help Plz!

[Jigabyte]

Hi Peeps,

I have in the passed wrote an application for a PDA which used sqlce for data storage (long time ago now). I am now in the need to write a new application for a PDA; the application will be sending files (xml) two and through using GPRS I think and the PDA also needs GPS capability.

Does any know that is the best PDA for this and is it feasible to send files using GPRS?

Any links / demo apps on using GPRS would be very helpful.

Thank you all for any help,

Jiggy!

[petevick]

Hi,
pocketpc phone edition is perfect - we do it all the time.

GPS examples can be found on Dick Griers site, http://www.hardandsoftware.net, and http://www.opennetcf.org contains GPS support.

If you want to make things really easy for you - GPSTools.net from http://www.franson.com - excellent piece of software.

Pete

[Jigabyte]

Hi Mate, thank for all your help, I will have a look on those sites!

Thanks again matey!

[Jigabyte]

Hi,

I forgot to mention that I am a vs2005 vb.net developer and wanted some pointers on how GPRS works!

Thank you for any help!

Jiggy!

[petevick]

Hi,
opennetcf contains a connection manager for connecting to GPRS via code.

Something like...
Dim Response As WebResponse = Nothing
Dim Request As WebRequest

Try

' Retrieve the requested page.
Request = WebRequest.Create("http://www.google.com")
Response = Request.GetResponse

Catch webex As WebException
Connect_To_Default_Server = 1
Catch ex As Exception
Connect_To_Default_Server = 2
Finally
If Not Response Is Nothing Then
Response.Close()
End If
End Try
Should establish a connection for you

Pete

[Jigabyte]

Hi Pete,

I am slightly confused now; I want to be able to send files from my home PC to a PDA. The PDA will be out on the road somewhere so I am thinking that I need to use GPRS so send the data. Also does a PDA that requires GPRS capability need to be a mobile phone?

Thank you mate for your time and help,

Jiggy!