1. Windows Mobile Devices Presenter: Marius Cristian CONSTANTIN

2. Summary History Actual – Windows CE 4.x Windows Mobile family WM Devices as SmartClients The Future Bibliography

3. History Windows CE 1.0 – launched in Nov 1996 (H/PC devices, 500k devices sold) Windows CE 2.0 – Oct 1997 (VGA or Half VGA / SH3, SH4, MIPS, x86 CPU / Word, Excel, Access)

4. History (continued) Windows CE 3.0 – June 2000 – competition to PalmOS, improved interface (taskbar & start menu removed), Platform Build introduced, ActiveSync

5. Windows CE 4.x family First device launched in March 2002 A modular OS, OEMs can choose what they ship in ROM, with Platform Builder Windows Mobile is a mix of bits from Windows CE core OS June 2003 – Windows Mobile 2003 March 2004 – Windows Mobile 2003 SE

6. Windows Mobile Devices Two incarnations: –Pocket PC Edition (including Phone edition) No hardware keyboard Start Menu on top –Smartphone Edition Telephone keypad & home/back button & navigation joystick 2 Menus at the bottom of the screen.NET Compact Framework embedded in ROM

7. Pocket PC Edition No keyboard, by default, however it can be attached externally. Emulated keyboard on the screen Phone Edition features additional Radio interface Standard QVGA resolution (320x240) 2003 SE devices can support VGA (640x480) resolution Usually have ARM based architecture. Current devices have 133 MHz or more. Top Performance Device (iPAQ hx4700): –Intel PXA270 CPU @ 624MHz –128 MB ROM / 64 MB SDRAM –4” VGA TFT / 65536 colors –Bluetooth / WiFi connectivity / IrDa / USB –Magnesium alloy body –CF / Secure Digital slot –Weight: 186g Manufacturers: HP, Dell

8. Smartphone Edition Hardware keyboard Has radio interface 176x220 resolution 2003 SE introduced QVGA resolution CPU also based on ARM architecture Recent Device (Orange SPV C500): –TI OMAP 730 @ 200Mhz CPU –Total RAM: 64 MB –miniSD slot –Weight: 100g Manufacturers: Orange (HTC), Motorola, Samsung

9. Smart Clients

10. WM Devices as SmartClients Sufficient processing power It can be used offline Used with success for distribution, offer real- time status for fleet FedEx & DHL use Pocket PCs for delivery fleet

11. The Future – Windows CE 5.0 Windows Mobile 2005 – codename Magneto Devices will support full DirectX 8 Direct3D Location Service will allow applications on the device to adapt to users physical presence OEMs can incorporate new hardware technology into devices, even if CE5 does not support it

12. Bibliography http://blogs.msdn.com/mikehall/ http://msdn.microsoft.com/smartcl ient/http://msdn.microsoft.com/smartcl ient/ http://www.hpcfactor.com/support /windowsce/http://www.hpcfactor.com/support /windowsce/ http://www.hp.com

13. Q & A