Developer Technologies Juice

WIth the release of Windows Mobile 6.0, there is a set of tools come with the WM 6.0 SDK that assist developer. in Windows Mobile application development. The tools include:
- Cellular Emulator
- FakeGPS
- FakeServer
_ Hopper
- Cab Sign Tool and
After you installed Windows Mobile SDK Standard or Professional edition, you can find the tools here:
[Install Path]\Program Files\Windows Mobile 6 SDK\Tools
I am going to walkthrough with you on how to use some of the tools in WM 6.0 SDK.

Cellular Emulator
Cellular Emulator is a tool that emulate a real radio nterface layer. But connecting your device emulator to this cellular emulator, you can now make or recevie calls from device emulator, or send/receive SMSs from your device emulator, cool?!
1. First, bring up your cellular emulator
  
2. Click at each tab to see what are the functionalities it provices.
     Call Manager: Allows you to make and receive call
     SMS: Send/receive SMS
     Network: Can switch to 2G or 3G network.
3. Take note at the bottom left corner on the COM number. [ex. COM3 or COM4]
  
4. Bring up your device emulator manager.
5. Right-click on the emulator that you want to connect to, and select Connect.
  
6. At your device emulator, go to File > Configuration.
  
7. At the configure dialog box, select Peripherals tab.
8. Enter [COM number at your cellular emulator], for example, COM4. Then, click OK.
  
9. After that, you need to do a soft reset. At the device emulator, go to File > Reset > Soft.
10. Click OK to confirm on the soft reset.
  
11. After the device emulator rebooted, you can see the network symbol on the home screen.
Now you can try to make a call or send an SMS from your device emulator or from the cellular emulator.
   
Next post, I will show you how to use Hopper to stress test your windows mobile application. Stay tune!