.NET Compact Framework 2.0 guidance and documentation is pitiful. 

Here is the FAQ's section of the .NET CF 2.0.  Not much meat there.

I have ordered both Windows Mobile 5.0 Developer Resource kits and they just don't provide the guidance needed at a detailed level.

Here they tell you what is new in CF 2.0, but they don't show us how to use it ANYWHERE.

Here is the CF 2.0 Development center.  Most of the information pointed to is out of date.

MS needs to step up to the plate and get some real world code samples out, especially on Web Services and Encryption.  Mobile Smart Client Applications that do not use Replication or RDA will most likely be using web services to communicate, and there is very little guidance on how to accomplish that securely.

Here is an interesting side note- Security in Windows Mobile 5.0 Messaging Pack Disappoints

Everyone you ask for feature guidance points you to OpenNETCF, which I applaud on their efforts.  It would seem we need to wait until OpenNETCF gets done building and documenting the OpenNETCF Smart Device Framework 2.0 before we have a completed managed compact framework 2.0 for Mobile 5.0 devices.

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