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Andy Sjostrom
06-07-2003, 04:57 PM
<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/mobile/partners/">http://www.microsoft.com/mobile/partners/</a><br /><br />Microsoft has released the Pocket PC 2003 SDK and it is available as a free download to registered developers at the <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/mobile/partners/">Mobile Solutions Partner Program (MSPP) site</a>. I have also heard that TechEd participants get CDs containing the SDK. Since the Pocket PC 2003 SDK contains an emulator we should expect to see more screen shots emerging from here and there. Exciting times ahead!
EvilOne
06-07-2003, 05:38 PM
Looks just like the PPC2002 interface with just some minor things here and there. You can find misc screenshots HERE (http://www.inges-pda.net/indexppc2003.html)
sponge
06-07-2003, 06:04 PM
I thought PPC2K3 wasn't official yet.. technicaly it's still not official, no? :P
Peter Foot
06-07-2003, 07:15 PM
I thought PPC2K3 wasn't official yet.. technicaly it's still not official, no? :P

Since Microsoft announced it (and the announcement popped up first on the UK MSDN site of all places) then you can consider it official. Also this is a release SDK whereas the version distributed at the MDC conferences was a Beta, so software-wise its complete.
EvilOne
06-07-2003, 09:03 PM
The PPC 2003 SDK also came along in the Programming Windows CE .Net 3rd edition by Douglas Boling.
sponge
06-08-2003, 02:53 AM
Odd, when was the OFFICIAL announcement that said PPC2K3 was real? I don't recall seeing it.
Robert Levy
06-08-2003, 06:38 AM
Hmm... I wonder if this SDK includes some sort of list of what's new which somebody NOT under NDA could post...
Robert Levy
06-08-2003, 06:42 AM
I have also heard that TechEd participants get CDs containing the SDK. Since the Pocket PC 2003 SDK contains an emulator we should expect to see more screen shots emerging from here and there. Exciting times ahead!

Everyone at MDC got a copy. At Tech Ed, we had several boxes of these in the mobility "ask the experts" area and handed them out to people who showed an interest in developing for the devices (or wanted to play with a Smartphone emulator before deciding on whether to purchase the dev kit).
Peter Foot
06-08-2003, 11:05 AM
I have also heard that TechEd participants get CDs containing the SDK. Since the Pocket PC 2003 SDK contains an emulator we should expect to see more screen shots emerging from here and there. Exciting times ahead!

Everyone at MDC got a copy. At Tech Ed, we had several boxes of these in the mobility "ask the experts" area and handed them out to people who showed an interest in developing for the devices (or wanted to play with a Smartphone emulator before deciding on whether to purchase the dev kit).

A clear difference here is that the omission of the words "Beta" from the description of the SDK as opposed to the version distributed at MDC (not sure which version you had for Tech-Ed)...
Peter Foot
06-08-2003, 11:11 AM
Odd, when was the OFFICIAL announcement that said PPC2K3 was real? I don't recall seeing it.

Well the SDK was announced at MSDN UK I would class that as Official (http://www.microsoft.com/uk/msdn/). I'm not sure why it has not yet appeared on the US site. There are no other details available publicly, as a member of the partner program you have access to more detailed information.
David Johnston
06-08-2003, 11:12 AM
EvilOne's link says at one point that 2003 will be available for the iPaq 3950 - a 32mb PPC2002 device. In theory, doesn't that mean that any similar specced PPC would be upgradeable? (if the manufacturer decided to release an update)

Unfortunately, it only mentions the iPaq's - no mention of Jornada's. Not surprised at all, guess I'll have to dump my 568 and spend another few hundred quid on more hardware!
Peter Foot
06-08-2003, 11:20 AM
EvilOne's link says at one point that 2003 will be available for the iPaq 3950 - a 32mb PPC2002 device. In theory, doesn't that mean that any similar specced PPC would be upgradeable? (if the manufacturer decided to release an update)

Unfortunately, it only mentions the iPaq's - no mention of Jornada's. Not surprised at all, guess I'll have to dump my 568 and spend another few hundred quid on more hardware!

All Pocket PC 2002 are theoretically upgradable because they all utilise flash ROM. However it is up to the OEMs to decide if they wish to offer an upgrade path, at this stage we will just have to wait and see what the manufacturers announce once the 2003 version is actually released.
tw
06-08-2003, 11:38 AM
Download the PPC 2003 SDK here...! (http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/9/5/69570242-44e8-45e6-a252-9bd56db8ec83/Microsoft%20Pocket%20PC%202003%20SDK.msi) :wink:

(Warning: 85 MB !!)
David Johnston
06-08-2003, 01:39 PM
All Pocket PC 2002 are theoretically upgradable because they all utilise flash ROM. However it is up to the OEMs to decide if they wish to offer an upgrade path, at this stage we will just have to wait and see what the manufacturers announce once the 2003 version is actually released.

There was some discussion that 2003 required 48MB ROM, so it really just confirms that this is not the case. I forgot to mention this in my original post!