.NET Components for Mobility

Peter Foot

Microsoft Device Application Development MVP

Emulating Bluetooth

Alex Yakhnin pointed out this interesting article over on CodeProject showing how to use Bluetooth from within the Windows Mobile emulator:-

http://blogs.msdn.com/priozersk/archive/2009/04/09/bluetooth-on-the-emulator.aspx

Unfortunately it does require you to replace the stack on your host machine with FreeBT which is currently in Alpha so have a look through the Troubleshooting section for known issues first. I know lots of people have requested this for when they don't have access to a real device so it may be useful for demonstrating applications or debugging even...

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About PeterFoot

Peter Foot is co-author of the Microsoft Mobile Development Handbook published by Microsoft Press. Peter has been awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) accolade since 2003 for his involvement in the Microsoft .NET Compact Framework developer community. Alongside an active presence in several online forums and communities, attendance at developer conferences and involvement in shared-source projects, Peter has also written a number of technical articles and maintains an active technical blog.
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