I've been developing with .NET Compact Framework for almost a year now (It was about that time April-May last year when the first public beta was released...). I've been rolling along with the features that'd been added/removed to the CF, adjusting, struggling sometimes, getting into road blocks and finding ways around them as everybody else...

But recently I've started a new project in the "big" .NET and unexpectedly found myself in the different environment - the environment of the absolute freedom, where I am not limited by the memory constrains or horsepower. I can create some GDI objects on the fly, I can use the mighty GDI+ functionality and if I want to go down to the WinAPI's all possible handles are readily available... And asked myself a question: Will there ever be the time when development for CF becomes as unlimited as it is for .NET on a desktop? And obvious answer was: Probably not… unless the hardware changes to be as powerful as the desktops in the small form and power consuming factor.

But meanwhile, Compact Framework is a huge leap in improving developer experience for mobile devices running Windows CE and most certainly will be improving with the next versions…