Enhanced Device Emulator for Pocket PC and Smartphone The Device Emulator can serve as a substitute testing platform for a physical device during much of the development cycle of a smart device project. Using the Device Emulator, you can run, test, and debug a run-time image without the need for a physical device. Here are some of the improved features of the Device Emulator: Runs code compiled for ARM processors rather than x86 processors. In most cases, you can run the same binaries on the emulator as on the device. Supports synchronizing with ActiveSync. Debug applications that are synchronizing, or use real synchronized data from within the emulator. Supports more development environments. Including Visual Studio 2005, Visual Studio .NET 2003, and embedded Visual C++ 4.0 (Service Pack 4), all using ActiveSync. Supports GAPI. Write and debug games. Launching the Device Emulator in Visual Studio Team System.