Microsoft used the annual Mobile & Embedded DevCon to announce the availability of a beta release of Windows CE 6, the next generation of its real-time software used to build customized operating systems for devices such as internet protocol set-top-boxes, Global Positioning System-based devices, and industrial automation and medical devices. With a redesigned operating system kernel architecture, expanded capacity for simultaneous processes (up to 32000) and newly integrated tool set, Windows CE 6 promises help device makers more quickly create devices that support a range of applications for high-demand categories.
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What's really interesting about this announcement is how little interest it's getting, at least on this site. 56 comments and counting on the three news items around it, and only 2 about this one.
Of course, now I expect there'll be a flurry of comments agreeing, disagreeing, or attempting to prove or disprove my point!
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Oh no! Whatever shall I do with my "dead PDA" that I use to access OSNews wirelessly while in the house, put movies onto for my daughter when we travel, keep track of my many appointments; where oh where will I find software to help me in my (medical career) and how will I *ever* play MP3's that won't skip because they're on a hard drive?
You're absolutely right-I *want* to pay several hundred dollars for a combined Phone-PDA that locks me to one specific carrier-not matter how crummy they are...
Oh wait... were we talking about a dead market?
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Hopefully that means processes bigger than 32mb! This has been a bit annoying in CE. OTOH CE is cheap as hell ot license compared to real windows.
FWIW Its not just PDA's its embeded devices, that is a big market but its largely silent. Lots of stuff that runs CE doesnt make a big deal of it.
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Which ones have you tried? I've never really used my PocketPC for web browsing other than "proof-of-concept" just to see that it can be done.
Your comment made me go Googling, and apparently there's a version of Opera for Windows Mobile, including PocketPCs. I generally think Opera is better than IE when it comes to standards.
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Minimo is a giant resource hog. It's almost as slow and bloated as Mozilla suite -- there's no way in hell it's anywhere near usable on smaller hardware.
But the fundamentalists don't care about performance or stability or performance or standards, do they? Just the Mozilla name makes them cum in their pants.
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WinCE is more for smart phone and set top boxes.One is going not going to use it for hard real time or deeply embedded stuff; that's the province of QNX because WinCE cannot be slimmed down to the size requirements.
Ummmmm, no. Wrong. Believe it or not, WinCE is one of the most widely deployed embedded OS on the market today. Read this:
http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/3435501
Apparently, WinCE is much more modular than many people think.
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http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/3435501
Yeah, yeah, I know. Vote down this post. It's not like we'd want anybody to actually learn anything about the reality of the embedded market or anything.
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I've been using WinCE on an industrial display project in an extreme environment for over 4 years. It's never failed or complained. Can't argue with that really. Not to mention EVC is a great tool, and beats all other embedded IDE / BSPs we have in my place of work, hands down no contest.
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