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title: "Microsoft's Smart Devices Developer Community"
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# Microsoft's Smart Devices Developer Community

By Roy Osherove April 27, 2003 In [.Net Quotations](https://osherove.com/blog/category/net-quotations)

**Historical article** · Originally published April 27, 2003; technical details may be outdated.

###  [_![\[permalink\]](https://osherove.com/img/wb/74688a85_headblender.com_images_permalink.png)_](http://headblender.com/joe/blog/archives/microsoft/001138.html#001138)_Microsoft's Smart Devices Developer Community_

_There hasn't been a lot of information posted about the new_ [_Smart Devices Developer Community_](http://smartdevices.microsoftdev.com/) _yet, so I thought I'd see how well the word spreads if I mention it here. There's already a good amount of content in the form of_ [_articles_](http://smartdevices.microsoftdev.com/Learn/Articles/default.aspx)_,_ [_code samples_](http://smartdevices.microsoftdev.com/Learn/Code+Samples/default.aspx)_,_ [_multimedia_](http://smartdevices.microsoftdev.com/Learn/Multimedia/default.aspx)_, and_ [_FAQs_](http://smartdevices.microsoftdev.com/Learn/FAQ/default.aspx) _available. The URL is:_

> **[_http://smartdevices.microsoftdev.com/_](http://smartdevices.microsoftdev.com/)**

_We already have plenty of new articles and other content on its way. In the very near future, there will be a whole collection of new online forums available, where you can ask questions about Smart Device development and communicate with Microsoft MVPs and people from the product teams. The community covers the whole range of smart device development -- native code, managed code and the Compact Framework, VS.NET 2003 device programmability, SQL CE, and everything in between. (I've heard a rumor that RSS feeds similar to those_ [_offered by MSDN_](http://msdn.microsoft.com/aboutmsdn/rss.asp) _are also in the works.)_

_The community site is definitely worth checking out -- register yourself there today!_

\[via [Joe](http://headblender.com/joe/blog/)\]

Coolness. This is an area i'd like to explore more in depth.

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