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CE6 on the Wizard

Anyone know if CE6 can run on the wizard and if so where can we get a rom for it?

dragonedge said:
Anyone know if CE6 can run on the wizard and if so where can we get a rom for it?
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Is this crossbow what u r talking about ?

M$ has Launched Windows CE6 Today, I was wondering if anyone has got their hands on it and been able to play around with device compatibility.

Here's a link to the article:
http://msmobiles.com/news.php/5716.html
And here's a link to the trial:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/embedded/eval/trial.mspx

Thanks for the links. I'm going to download now

dragonedge,
Please post your results, I would be very interested to know if it will run on my wizard.
Thanks,
Clay

dude...
1) you cross posted
2) again, this is released to the manufactuers, it'll be at LEAST 4 to 6 months before we even hear of a device testing this OS
3) what you posted is an evaluation environment for Visual Studio... lol. You're not going to get your hands on something like that that easily.
Windows Embedded CE 6.0 (plug-in for Visual Studio 2005)
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awwww too bad but shouldn't you be able to create some type of Rom with this? Or is this literally just a developer tool released for a software that hasn't been released or won't be for a long time?

Overview
Windows® Embedded CE 6.0 is a componentized operating system designed from the ground up to power small footprint devices and help developers get them to market fast. Choosing from a wide variety of technology components and pre-existing templates, you can quickly build hard real-time commercial and consumer electronics devices, such as:
Set-top boxes
Thin clients
Digital media adapters
Voice-over-IP (VoIP) phones
Navigation devices
Medical devices
Portable media players
Home gateways
Digital cameras
Networked digital televisions
PDAs
Features
Along with its portfolio of hundreds of carefully tested, easily selectable OS components, Windows Embedded CE 6.0 includes innovative features designed to help promote performance, security, compatibility, and flexibility.
Robust Architecture
Unified Kernel. The redesigned Windows Embedded CE 6.0 kernel now handles more than 32,000 simultaneous processes, each with 2 GB of virtual memory space. The new file system supports larger storage media and file sizes (up to 4 GB), and removable media encryption.
Drivers. Production-quality device drivers help decrease the amount of modification needed for drivers to work with custom hardware, and enhanced driver support in CE 6.0 helps ensure easy portability. Drivers can be run in kernel mode for performance or in user mode for robustness.
Security. The redesigned one-tier security model is SDL compliant and helps ensure that only trusted applications can run on your embedded device.
Compatibility. CE 6.0 works with key processor architectures (x86, ARM, SH4, and MIPS) and, through its compatibility testing tool, has features to help port existing Win32 applications.
Device Performance. Improvements to the kernel architecture have greatly reduced the overhead of system calls between base OS services, resulting in improved operating system performance.
New Media and Communication Components
Windows Embedded CE 6.0 opens up new opportunities to develop compelling products for home and business.
Network Media Devices. You now have the ability to build networked media devices that can consume pictures, videos, and music from a Windows PC via a home network.
Digital Video Recorders. The DVR engine in CE 6.0 empowers you to build devices that can record multiple video streams to a hard drive for later playback
Cellular Networks. The new Cellcore components help enable your CE 6.0 powered devices to easily make data connections and initiate voice calls through cellular networks.
Windows Network Projectors. Users can now connect their Windows Vista™ laptop to a CE 6.0-based projector wirelessly or over any IP network.
Powerful Development Environment
By adding Platform Builder to Visual Studio 2005, Windows Embedded CE 6.0 helps deliver a superior unified embedded developer experience. Developers can now use one common familiar environment to develop both application and operating system software. Development advantages include:
Visual Studio 2005. Platform Builder for Windows Embedded CE 6.0 has been created as a plug-in for Visual Studio 2005 and is customized for developing embedded operating systems and components.
Application Development Options. You can go native or managed by choosing your preferred Microsoft development technology—Win32, MFC, or the .NET Compact Framework (C#, VB).
Device Emulation. The new ARM-based device emulator included with Platform Builder makes it easy to configure, build, and test operating system images.
Editors. Coding and building are faster. Windows Embedded CE 6.0 editors now incorporate Intellisense technology, syntax highlighting, and graphical bib and registry file editors.
Improved Compilers. Based on Visual Studio 2005, the latest compilers increase C++ language conformance; provide better libraries; support CRT, ATL, and MFC; and offer improved run-time security checks (/GS).
Source Code Access. Access to CE 6.0 source code helps developers debug, test, and make changes to an OS image. It also allows you to modify the operating system software to create differentiated features while maintaining control over your intellectual property.
Price
Development Tools: $995.00 USD
Runtime License Cost: (per runtime shipped):
$3.00 USD for Core SKU*
(The Core SKU is a subset of the Windows Embedded CE Core operating system features.)
$16.00 USD for Professional SKU*
(The Professional SKU is a higher-end license that is ideal for devices that require rich multimedia and graphics.)
* Run-time pricing is based on purchase volume of one unit (except Windows CE Core based on 1000 units). Volume discounts are available. Local taxes, tariffs and other costs may apply. Contact a Windows Embedded Authorized Distributor for details.
A complete list of the components included in Windows Embedded CE Core and Windows Embedded CE Pro is available at the Microsoft Download Center.
Details on each component are available at the MSDN Library.
For complete pricing and licensing information, please contact a Microsoft Windows Embedded Authorized Distributor.
In conclusion, this is for manufacturers/developers only. It is of no use to us.

Sounds this is just for developers

New Windows Mobile "Crossbow" reviews hit the 'Net

Gadget enthusiasts everywhere will be overjoyed that the long-awaited update to Windows Mobile is nearing release, and that reviews of the OS, codenamed "Crossbow," have been hitting the 'Net.
Crossbow is the code name for Windows Mobile 6.0, which we previewed last month. The OS features a new visual style evocative of Windows Vista, and some much-welcomed improvements to the kernel, including increased resource limits and a big jump in the maximum number of allowed simultaneous processes.
The review is mostly positive about the OS upgrade, although the reviewers take the stand that the new features don't necessarily warrant a full version upgrade designation. The major new features include better integration with Windows Live services (including Windows Live Messenger) and Microsoft's upcoming Office 2007 line of products (including Exchange 12). There are subtle changes as well: clicking on the standard close button (the X in a box in the upper right corner) for an application invokes a new "smart minimizing" feature where the OS itself decides whether a program should be shut down completely or remain active in memory.
The OS release also merges some features that formerly were found only on Windows for Smartphones, a specialized release of the Windows Mobile operating system. For example, smart dialing by searching quickly through contact lists is now part of Windows Mobile.
System requirements for 6.0 are the same as the previous version: 64 MB ROM/64 MB RAM and a 200MHz processor. Due to ongoing optimization efforts, the overall system speed of 6.0 is slightly faster than 5.0, which is always a nice surprise for any new OS release.
Overall, the new release looks fairly solid, especially for people who will be upgrading to Office 2007 or Exchange 12. However, some folks will prefer to wait for the "big" upgrade: Microsoft's unified mobile/smartphone OS project, codenamed "Photon," for which a release date has not yet been announced.
The above was taken from the WinBeta website. Here is the review, including some snapshots!
http://www.mobile-review.com/pda/articles/wm-crossbow-en.shtml
They promise some video clips displaying the operating system at work to be shown in 2 days time, so it might be worth keeping an eye on that if you are interested.

Pocket Programming Language 1.30 released!

ArianeSoft Inc's PPL 1.30 has finally been released!
The easiest Smartphone and PocketPC developement tool is now faster, slimmer, more stable and cheaper. Build amazing games and GUI applications for the Smartphone and PocketPC today.
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PPL 1.30 includes:
- Brand new installer that supports Smartphones, PocketPC and PC all in one.
- Brand new compiled file (.PPC) loader, which is a lot faster and requires less memory.
- Multiple control selection support in the PIDE visual form builder.
- Multi-layer alpha transparency support for sprites and surfaces.
- Many GameAPI enhancements, including fixes, optimizations, new functions and features.
- Support for PNG file format added on the PC and PocketPC.
- Tons of new integrated functions to simplify your life.
- SQLite v3 database engine support on PC and PocketPC.
- FMOD and BASS sound libraries support.
- New Phone API library to access Smartphone's features.
- Package file enhancements allow working directly from disk to save precious memory space.
- Huge compiler memory optimizations.
- Reduced footprint of each linked list element by more than 75%.
- New memory management functions for lighting fast allocation of small blocks of memory.
- Tons of bug fixes and other optimizations.
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What an advertisement...?

Keyone said:
What an advertisement...?
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I doubt it, probably a subtle hint to guys like AC to try his slidelock program with the new version. There may be performance increases, as well as new functionality that his already great program might be able to take advantage of. Just a guess though.

Well don't forget, the famous slide 2 unlock application is created by using the ppl programming lanquage. So those wishing to tweak their own version of a s2u might be interested in using it with the available source code or other applications / games for their pocket pc for that matter.
sorry didn't see your post above nmeister.

What are the limitations of the trial version??

i already tried compiling slide2unlock with the latest beta version.. didn't solve the OS compatibility issues still

Where does MS publish all their WM Dev documentation???

Where does MS publish all their WM Dev documentation???
Specifically, I'm looking for a list of every single configurable option for a WM6 SmartPhone device.
My company is wanting to roll out 500 units and we want to see what options the phone has for everything so we can decide what we want set to what so we can configure the devices using a .cab we write so all the settings take place before we give them to the users.
Thanks!
Alex

The information for Windows Mobile OS can be found on msdn.com like for every other MS product.
But keep in mined that it is a very modular OS and what is actually implemented and what is not depends on a specific device. I think you should be checking the documentation provided by the manufacturer of the specific model you intend to roll out.
Also, you can't possibly need to configure "everything". Decide what your customers need and what is unique for your company - internet settings, email settings etc and look for documentation on that.

Brazil Dream Team

Greetings from Brazil
I am a member of an Android developers group (Brazdroids) here in Brazil. My personal goals are the following.
Constraints; Keep the ability to root, maintain the ADP1's usefulness as a development tool.
1. Develop practical applications for the Brazilian real estate, tourism and language training industries and commodities trading
2. Localize Applications for Brazil in partnership with other developers.
3. Update ROM to the best stable update version consistant with my goals.
4. Maximize the ADP1's usefulness as a tethered USB modem.
5. Maximize the ADP1's usefulness as a WIFI/BT modem/access point.
6. Develop applications for Kitesurfers.
7. Make best practical use of the ADP1 with Skype.
What the Brazdroids group can do for you -
Answer any questions you may have about 3G and Android in Brazil, also we would like to help localize English language apps for the Brazilian market.
I am an old Unix (SRV) developer getting back into coding after nearly 20 years of just being a windows power user, new to Android.
My configuration as of 6/8/09 is
Phone: (ADP1) 1.0 Firmware
SD: 8GB class 4 SD
Host: MSI WIND 2GB RAM WIFI-BT
OS; XP SP3 with OSF Console 2.00.144
Environment; Eclipse 3.4.2 Build M20090211-1700
SDK; 1.0r2, 1.1r1, 1.5r2 - 1.5r2 installed
Apps: None added
Current ROM: Factory 1.0
Status: Registered with Google servers
3G service; 3.6Mbs max, 2100MHz only
Regards,
Roy Rodgers