Microsoft's 'Mira' Delayed
News The company's goal was to make the software, now known as Windows CE for Smart Displays, available by this time of the year so that hardware makers could introduce devices for the holidays. Devices based on Windows CE for Smart Displays should not...
[October 15, 2002, 13:36]
XP's Smart Display Enables Double Vision
News A smart display, which Microsoft developed under the code name Mira, is typically a 10-inch or 15-inch detachable monitor running Microsoft's Windows CE for Smart Displays operating system. We realise the benefits to customers in being able to...
[May 8, 2003, 13:39]
Microsoft Slashes CE.Net Licence Fee
News Among other products, Windows CE.Net is used in Smart Displays, portable handheld screens that can send and receive email and scroll through Web content when used in conjunction with a PC. A new round of displays will likely come out toward the end...
[May 7, 2003, 15:01]
CE Family Welcomes Mira
News Microsoft says that the software technology previously known as Mira will now be known as Windows CE for Smart Displays. So far 15 makers have committed to making devices using Windows CE for Smart Displays, based on screens ranging from as small...
[June 27, 2002, 10:03]
Microsoft Offers Extra-strength Tablets
News A smart display is a 10-inch or 15-inch detachable monitor running Microsoft's Windows CE for Smart Displays operating system. But Context's Davies sees a much stronger potential market for smart displays in Europe than in the United States.
[March 13, 2003, 7:43]
Sony Launches TV With Web-pad Remote
News These pads, which Microsoft developed under the code name Mira, are typically a 10-inch or 15-inch detachable monitor running Microsoft's Windows CE for Smart Displays operating system. The Sony plasma TV's remote unit has much in common with smart...
[August 5, 2003, 12:39]
Smart Displays Allow Admins To Roam
News For the connection to the PC, Smart Displays use the 802.11b wireless connection in conjunction with the Remote Desktop software that is built into Windows XP. The screen has built-in 802.11b wireless hardware and runs a custom version of Windows...
[July 17, 2003, 10:56]
First Virus Targets Windows CE
News The Windows CE virus displays a message box, asking for the user's permission to spread to other files. A virus that infects Windows CE has been developed -- the first such bug discovered for the handheld operating system, according to one firm.
[July 19, 2004, 8:35]
Microsoft Dumps Smart Display
News While the company refrained from saying there would be no further development of the Smart Display software -- based on Windows CE -- it did say that "we are not at this time working on the next version of Smart Display technology.
[January 6, 2004, 11:00]
First Look At MS 'Stinger'-based Phone
News Microsoft won't build the device, but will license the underlying software technology such as the Windows CE operating system to manufacturers including Samsung. Depending on the manufacturer, the units will have colour displays and, unlike some of...
[August 10, 2000, 10:15]
PC Expo: What's Hot ... And Not
News And after recently cutting the OEM price of Windows CE 3.0, Microsoft will likely use PC Expo to make a renewed push for the flagging operating system and the Pocket PCs based on it (from manufactures including Casio, Compaq, and Hewlett-Packard.
[June 27, 2000, 9:07]
