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Standalone Device Emulator 1.0 With Windows Mobile OS Images
Downloads The emulator has been tested for developing and debugging applications with Visual Studio 2005, Visual Studio .NET 2003, and with eMbedded Visual C++ 4.0 (eVC4) SP4, all using ActiveSync. This is a standalone version of the Device Emulator that...
[August 21, 2007, 6:51]
Linux Everywhere: The Penguin Goes Mobile
News Embedded Linux vendors can fit the OS in about 500 kilobytes of memory, but it's still a challenge to build a user interface and integrate applications such as a Web browser, MontaVista's Weinberg said.
[June 29, 2000, 14:07]
Microsoft Builds Silicon Foundation For Windows CE
News The strategy is intended to make it easier for consumer electronics manufacturers to use some version of Microsoft's embedded operating system, said Scott Horn, director of marketing in the embedded platforms group at Microsoft.
[September 18, 2002, 13:42]
OEM Utilizes Windows Embedded To Speed Development Of Personal Navigation Device
White Papers Instead, Mobile Crossing chose Microsoft Windows CE 5.0 for its powerful embedded OS development tools, rich native and managed application tools, and an abundant choice of skilled professional developers already trained on the Windows operating...
[March 5, 2008, 0:02]
Microsoft Ships Windows Mobile 5.0 review
Reviews Pocket versions of popular applications such as Word and Excel have been replaced by more capable Mobile versions: Word Mobile now supports tables, lists and embedded images, while Excel Mobile allows you to create charts and graphs.
[May 11, 2005, 9:10]
Porting DataViewer From Palm OS To Windows Mobile-Based Pocket PCs And Smartphones More Than Doubles Sales
White Papers Using the Microsoft eMbedded Visual C++ development system, Town Compass created a database engine for the Pocket PC, which works with the Palm database format. Although Town Compass initially designed Data-Viewer for the Palm OS, the company...
[October 7, 2007, 23:10]
Windows CE 6 Released To Beta
News During its fiscal third quarter that ended 31 March, Microsoft's revenue from the mobile and embedded business rose 46 percent to $89m, compared with $61m a year earlier. Microsoft has unveiled a test version of its Windows CE 6 operating system...
[May 11, 2006, 10:00]
Microsoft Lets Latest Windows CE Out Of The Box
News Enhancements in the new version of the OS include an array of prebuilt drivers covering common hardware components and configurations, said John Starkweather, group product manager for Microsoft's Windows Embedded group.
[March 29, 2004, 8:25]
Embedded Linux Alive And Kicking
News MontaVista is among several companies betting that money can be extracted from the embedded OS market using Linux, a clone of Unix used chiefly in servers. The embedded-OS market is rife with competition.
[January 24, 2002, 8:52]
Motorola Takes Linux Into The Mobile Mainstream
News Support for Linux in embedded applications has been steadily gaining in momentum, as witnessed by several developments this year. But while the open source movement for handheld devices has been going strong, research shows that for now, Linux for...
[July 31, 2006, 12:35]
Opinion: Mobile Linux For Bluetooth - Spanner For Microsoft?
News The thought of a mobile version of Linux with embedded Bluetooth is a little daunting particularly for the Microsoft camp. It's just a matter of waiting for mobile devices with embedded Bluetooth technology and then letting the developers design...
[May 11, 1999, 8:33]
Microsoft Unveils Optimised Sat-nav OS
News The other Microsoft OS that has been specifically optimised in this way is Windows Embedded POSReady, for point-of-sale devices. Microsoft has released Windows Embedded NavReady 2009, its first embedded operating system to be specifically optimised...
[June 16, 2008, 14:00]
Symbian Shipments Rise Amid Doubts Over Future
News The Symbian OS, like Microsoft Windows CE, the Palm OS and embedded versions of Linux, brings handheld computer features to mobile phones. Most established mobile phone makers have licensed the Symbian OS, while PalmSource and Microsoft have teamed...
[February 23, 2004, 11:10]
ARM And Microsoft Tie Up Chip Makers At Summit
News Windows CE is the basis for Microsoft's embedded software products, including Pocket PC, Windows for Smartphones and others, and competes directly with the Palm OS and embedded versions of Linux, as well as a variety of established embedded...
[September 17, 2003, 17:50]
Psion NetBook Pro: A First Look review
Reviews This is the same OS that forms the core of Windows Mobile 2003 for Pocket PC, and is Microsoft’s base embedded platform for small-footprint devices. There is the added bonus that applications developed for Windows Mobile 2003 for Pocket PC should...
[October 3, 2003, 16:34]
Japanese Giants To Cooperate On Linux
News Linux -- a moderately successful desktop alternative to the Microsoft Windows operating system -- is currently a growing in force as an embedded OS for electronic devices. The Japanese consumer electronics companies hope to develop a Linux inspired...
[July 13, 2000, 13:51]
OpenGL 1.4 Unveiled
News SGI also said that it and Nokia have agreed to develop a 3D standard for all embedded mobile devices, based on OpenGL. Many companies are working to implement 3D in mobile devices, but an OpenGL-based standard would make it easier for developers...
[July 16, 2002, 15:35]
Linux Heads For Mobile Phones
News Companies including MontaVista Software, TimeSys, Red Hat, LynuxWorks and Motorola are all trying to adapt the software for the embedded computing market, which includes mobile phones and other consumer-electronics products and devices.
[January 13, 2003, 8:55]
AOL Services To Run On Symbian Smartphones
News As part of the agreement, announced on Thursday, AOL engineers will create a one-size-fits-all version of AOL services that can be embedded into any Symbian phone. The Symbian OS, PalmSource's Palm OS and Microsoft's Windows for Smartphones 2002...
[April 25, 2003, 8:25]
Microsoft Tweaks 'shared Source' For Windows CE
News In a highly touted announcement late on Wednesday, Microsoft expanded its existing "shared source" programme for Windows CE, its OS for "embedded" devices, which include everything from handheld computers to mobile phones to sewing machines.
[April 10, 2003, 8:20]
