Docking Mobile Devices (Smart Phones)

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Hi all,

I have a question about docking and USB connections with PDA's and more
specifically SmartPhones. I'm trying to build a mobile application using
..NETCF2.0. This application will store data (pictures) on the device. I want
to be able to move this data off the device up to a server on the web. I do
not want to use a mobile network provider to access the internet via
GPRS/EDGE with the device due to the costs.

I looked at a WIFI solution in order to connect to a LAN to access the
internet but not all devices support WIFI. Is it possible to access a LAN
via a docking or USB connection?

I want to talk to a hosted .NET Service on a server on a LAN using TCP/IP
that pumps the data from the device to the service and then up to a web
server on the internet. Is this possible? Is this only possible (or easier)
programming with the ActiveSync API? Do most PDA's/SmartPhones support
docking/USB connections and is there a big difference programming around a
docking station over a USB cable connection?

Any advise on this would be greatly apreciated.

Thanks
 
Yes this is possible. You can use the ActiveSync connection so long as the
host machine has an internet connection if you want to connect to a web
server running on the internet.

You can use ppp_peer as an IP address to reference your development
machine's web service.

Regards
Simon.
 
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