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One of the cool things about Pocket PC programming - whether you are new or have been doing it awhile - is the Pocket PC's ability to communicate with other devices. One of the ways to tap into this connectivity is through IR. However, learning how to tap into the IR port on the Pocket PC is a challenge indeed - ask me, I know. MSDN is hosting an article Infrared Programming Using the .NET Compact Framework which will show those of us who are IR challenged how to do it. "With all the buzz around Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and other wireless technologies, it's easy to overlook one of the simplest and most common forms of wireless communications out there: infrared. Anyone who's ever used a remote control has used it! Infrared makes use of the invisible spectrum of light just beyond red in the visible spectrum. You can use it in applications for short-range, point-to-point data transfer. Because it uses light, line-of-sight is a prerequisite for infrared. Despite this limitation, infrared is increasingly popular in devices such as digital cameras, PDAs, and notebook computers. In this article, Wei-Meng Lee shows you how to build an infrared chat application using the IrDAClient class supported in the .NET Compact Framework class libraries."
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