WCF client on .NET CF or Internet Explorer Mobile?

Question

Programming

It is necessary to write software to solve the problem of warehouse automation. The company will purchase data collection terminals (barcode scanners). Most likely, the terminals will have Windows Mobile 5.0 installed, and communication with them will be via Wi-Fi. Which solution is to be preferred?

1. Implement a service-oriented architecture based on WCF. That is, to write a number of services, and to them - a mobile client in the form of an application on the .NET Compact Framework using window forms.
2. Write a web server. And as a client, use the standard Internet Explorer Mobile.

Answer 1

I would do a service-oriented one, but not on WCF, but on ordinary sockets, as wcf support is quite truncated in .net cf 3.5.
The client would do on in "window forms", not through an explorer of course.
What devices will be? symbols?)

Answer 2

There is exactly the same experience, the second option.
What DB?