You might also want to check out OpenNETCF website. They have a lot of good resources (forums, wiki, faqs, etc.) to get you going including open source code that you can use in your applications.
In addition, they recently teamed up with the Patterns & Practices team at Microsoft to release application blocks for the Compact Framework.
-Paul
http://www.codebetter.com/blogs/paul.laudeman/archive/2005/05/12/63129.aspx
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