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The shortcut of Windows Mobile 5, Microsoft's latest operating system for Windows Mobile devices.

The shortcut of Windows Mobile 5 (Codename: Magneto), Microsoft's latest operating system for Windows Mobile devices.

The abbreviated form of Windows Mobile 5 (Codename: Magneto), Microsoft's latest operating system for Windows Mobile devices. New features include better one-handed operational support due to newly added soft keys, a more aesthetic user interface. Pocket Office has been replaced by Office Mobile, offering a more complete experience of Office within your pocket. Supports persistent memory storage. Predecessor to Windows Mobile Photon (under production, not available yet)

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Anyone going to MEDC on the 10th June?

http://www.microsoft.com/uk/medc2005/default.mspx
Microsoft® brings you the Mobile & Embedded DevCon 2005 UK Highlights. This FREE full day of highlights is the premier UK developer event focused on the future of Microsoft Windows Mobile™ and Windows® Embedded platforms.
MEDC 2005 UK Highlights offers attendees the opportunity to learn how to build and bring to market devices and applications, access to the latest code, quiz the speakers from Redmond and much, much more.
• 1 day, 3 tracks, 12 sessions:
Experience a full day of in-depth technical content about Microsoft’s mobile applications development platforms and embedded operating systems.
• See the latest platform advances:
Windows Mobile software for Pocket PC and Smartphone, Visual Studio 2005, Windows CE 5.0, Windows XP Embedded SP2, .NET Compact Framework 2.0, SQL Mobile 2005, and MapPoint.

WM2003SE

The shortcut of Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition. Predecessor of WM5 (Windows Mobile 5). The new features includes an upgraded Pocket Internet Explorer (PIE) and native screen rotating.
The shortcut of Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition (Codename: Ozone Upgrade). Predecessor of WM5 (Windows Mobile 5). The new features includes an upgraded Pocket Internet Explorer (PIE) and native screen rotating.

StyleTap, a PPC Application that runs Palm Applications

StyleTap now supports landscape mode. I works well with the HTC Universal. With this application you can run Palm Applications on your HTC Universal.
I use it mainly with SuperMemo. It still needs some more tweaking but it is stable and definitely working great on our device.
Here is a short description from their site:
StyleTap® Platform allows you to run applications (and games!) originally written for Palm OS® handhelds on your Windows Mobile™ Pocket PC handheld. With more than 20,000 applications for the Palm OS platform available – many of them free – you will be able to do so much more with your Windows Mobile Pocket PC handheld.
Their site is found here: http://www.styletap.com/

[Q] Windows CE 7 for Smartphones

Hi all,
yesterday I read that the new windows CE 7 Version is released.
Is it possible to use this instead of the "normal" smartphone windows CE?
Windows CE is not a ready to use operating system. It is a collection of system modules. A device developer can choose individual components to build a special platform/firmware like Windows Mobile, Handheld PC or software for cash dispensers, set top boxes, coffee machines...
Windows Phone 7, Windows Embedded Handheld 7 and Windows Embedded Automotive 7 are reference platforms from Microsoft based on Windows Embedded Compact 7.0.
OK, so it seems that is possible that rom chefs can use these modules to include benefits like IE7 etc. in the customs roms.
This is not so easy. There are too many dependencies between the individual modules/components. The Internet Explorer 7 could use, for example, the new security subsystem. But this security subsystem is based in a core library that you can not replace.
Besides, the IE7 for Mobile is not included in Windows CE 7.0. For Windows Mobile/Windows Phone you need a different development environment (Adaptation Kit) which is not available to the general public.

[Q] Upgrade paths for custom 6.5 apps

Hi Guys. We have some custom programs that were written to run on Windows Mobile 6.5 devices. As it appears that 6.5 is at the end of its life span, we need to start considering our options.
Our source were written for the mobile .NET framework. I've done the research and know our 6.5 binaries wont be compatible with W7 Phone as its a very different beast.
Is the upgrade as simple as downloading an SDK and recompiling the sources ?
The next question would be, is there a Scanner Wedge type application available for W7 Phone ? Right now we use the Motorola DataWedge application to capture barcodes, which then parses the code as a keyboard input string.
While the binaries won't run on Phone 7, they will probably run on the impending release of Windows Embedded Compact 7. This is the continuation of Windows Mobile for data capture machines and the like.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsembedded/en-us/campaigns/compact7/default.aspx
As the Platform Builder for this has only just been released, it will take a short while for devices to appear that run it.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsembedded/en-us/develop/windows-embedded-products-for-developers.aspx
I assume Motorola's products will be the one of the first to use it.
Windows Embedded Handheld
Tezzating said:
As it appears that 6.5 is at the end of its life span, we need to start considering our options.
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On Enterprise handheld devices the OS lives on under new name:
Windows Embedded Handheld 6.5
Windows Embedded Handheld 7

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