Microsoft Windows Mobile

Microsoft Windows Mobile is the generic name given to various versions of Microsoft Windows designed for mobile devices such as the Smartphone S or Pocket PC.

Description

These operating systems allow software Microsoft such as Microsoft Office or MSN Messenger to function on a telephone or a laptop.

The major advantage is to be able to receive emails in real-time, which makes of Windows Mobile a direct competitor of the Blackberry of RIM. However, at the end of 2005, the OS Symbian team always more than 50% of the smartphones.

Functionalities

Windows CE

Microsoft Pocket PC

Windows Mobile 5.0

Version answering in the name of code " Magneto" , impetus the May 9th 2005. It is the evolution of Microsoft Pocket PC, itself evolution of Windows CE. It is acted in fact of Windows CE 5.0 functioning with .NET.

This OS includes:

a new version of Microsoft Office named " Mobile Office " including PowerPoint Mobile
Windows Media Player 10 Mobile
a function of identification of appealing (on the telephones) the
a support improved of the Bluetooth
compatibility with various software of GPS
improvement of the functionalities of connection to Microsoft Exchange Server, technology " push"
a speed of synchronization improved from 10 to 15% thanks to ActiveSync 4.0
improvement of the energy management

Windows Mobile 6.0

There are 3 versions:

the standard version for the smartphones.
the traditional version for the PDA without telephone function.
the professional version for those with a function telephones.

The new version adds amongst other things:

the possibility of quantifying its memory card SD
the support of Windows Vista
improvement the speed of the interface
the telephone by VoIP included
improvement of research in the files
a better security management
compatibility with the unit of the services Live of Microsoft
compatibility with version 2007 of Office
the compatibility Windows Live Messenger
possiblility of connections Wifi, Bluetooth,…
version 10.3 of Windows Media Player (taking again the colors by defect of version 11 for Windows XP)
TV into live.
the assumption of responsibility of the reading of e-mail HTML via the customer of transport.

Mobile 2003

This version offers some new possibilities for the next generation of personal assistants and smartphones. It supports the landscape mode, the screens square (240x240 or 480x480) and offers a function of stretching of the pixels which makes it possible to make compatible with posting VGA (480x640) the applications developed in QVGA (240x320). Graphic improvements for an appearance in 3D are available. The support WiFi is in place with the assumption of responsibility of WPA.

An update of the version Windows Mobile 2003, entitled Windows Mobile 2003 SE (for Second Edition) preceded the following version by Windows Mobile (5.0)

Current events

In France, the first telephones Qtek, SPV, Treo or Motorola available under Windows Mobile 5.0 are often announced like too slow by their recent purchasers.

In the USA, in the same way that NTP attacked Blackberry, the company Visto showed the Microsoft on December 15th, 2005 to have violated patents belonging to him to integrate the " push mail" in Windows Mobile. On its side, Microsoft indicated that it respects the rights of the intellectual property.

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