PocketPC Win. Mobile 5.0 development guidelines needed!

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Hi all,

 

I'm currently developing a pocket pc Windows Mobile 5.0 based application, that is client/server based.

I'll have a server with SBS2003 and SQL Server2005 and i've to query very often the database to get/validate some information.

 

In front of this, i started to have some doughts, resulted from a couple of documents i read before.

What is the best way to access the database ( wifi link) query the data, update or delete it and put the changes back into the DB, having in mind the some trick to avoid lost data, during a possible wifi link lost or battery failure, i have seen webservices applications, i've seen pocketsql applications, i'have seen ppc accessing the server directly with tradicional sql native client and i don't know what's the best way to do my job.

 

Advantages and disadvantages of using webservices in this case?

 

I got a little confused about this, someone who had already experienced something in this area, please help me.

 

Thanks in advance

 

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