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• Suitability for mobile devices: One of the most important aspect of the ASP.NET
model, compatible with almost all kind of existing to portable devices.
• Introducing Mobile Web Forms: Over the past few years, the world has seen an
explosion of new devices like Web phones and personal digital assistants that promise
to be the next generation of clients for the software you create today. To help you
prepare for these new applications, Microsoft has created server-side mobile controls
that enable you to create a single user interface viewable on any of a number of
devices.
The Mobile Web Forms Designer, which enables developers to graphically create Mobile
Web Forms, will be included as part of Microsoft Visual Studio.NET Beta 2. Mobile server
controls extend the power of ASP.NET and the .NET Framework to help developers build
mobile Web applications for cell phones and Pocket PCs. These controls, along with Mobile
Web Forms, can generate Wireless Markup Language (WML) version 1.1, Hypertext Markup
Language (HTML) version 3.2, and intelligently formatted content for different devices from
a single ASP.NET page.
6.2.2 .NET Mobile Web SDK
Microsoft .NET Mobile Web SDK Beta 1 is built on the .NET Framework and brings all the
advantages of the ASP.NET Web development model to the world of mobile Web
applications. In addition, .NET Mobile Web SDK Beta 1 offers:
• Support for a Variety of Devices. Use ASP.NET to target a large variety of mobile
devices from WML-based mobile phones to the HTML-based Pocket PC.
• Write-once Web Pages. With the SDK's set of adaptive components, you can author
a Web application once and have it work on any supported mobile device. You can
write complex applications using a set of mobile server controls, with no required
knowledge of WML or other mark-up languages. This Handhelds of many of the
implementation differences in browsers, devices, and gateways.
• Customisability and Extensibility. Take advantage of the same customisation and
extensibility features available with ASP.NET. In addition, the extensibility model
will enable other devices to be supported in the future. This ensures that the mobile
Web applications you write today will support new generations of devices in the
future.
6.2.3 The following features will be available soon:
• World-class Tool Support: .NET Mobile Web SDK Beta 1 will provide full support
for the Visual Studio integrated development environment, with its rich toolbox and
designer, drag-and-drop server controls, automatic deployment, and a host of other
features.
• Unique Mobility Scenarios: .NET Mobile Web SDK Beta 1 will enable new mobility
scenarios for your Web applications, such as the ability to push content to supported
devices.
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