Re: [HS] HS and WP7

> > In previous versions of 
> > the .Net  Framework for handheld platforms, if it was 
> > written to run on the  handheld, it would also run on 
> > the desktop.
> 
> That's not  accurate.  With additional work a handheld .NET app (or even 
>handheld 
>
> native app actually) can be ported to run on the desktop, and the work is much  
>less 
>
> than rewriting it.  But it definitely is not anywhere close to  magically 
>free.  Sad to say, 
>
> but the statement "if it was written to run on  the handheld, it would also run 
>on the 
>
> desktop" simply is not  accurate.

Well, having done it for three applications at my day job, I think I can pretty 
categorically say that my statement is 100% accurate, for at least some class of 
application. :)  We run the same code on the desktop as we do the hand held, 
without modification.  To be sure, we can't take advantage of all the features 
of the desktop Framework, but for our apps, it works just fine.

That's not to say that it will be as true of the version of the Framework that 
ends up running on Windows Phone 7, with which I haven't yet had a chance to 
experiment, but I would be very surprised if it was vastly more difficult than 
it was with previous versions.

Brad