01-13-2003, 10:48 PM
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Executive Editor
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Windows CE Update Set for Mid-2003 Release
"The next update to Microsoft's Windows CE .Net OS, which has been given the code name McKendric, will ship before the middle of 2003 and include several new features, a company executive said at the Microsoft Embedded DevCon 2003 conference being held here. Expected to be called Windows CE .Net Version 4.2 when it hits the market later this year, McKendric offers several improvements over the current version of the OS, Windows CE .Net 4.1. It will incorporate new features, such as support for VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol), a firewall, and wireless networking support for residential gateways, said Chip Schnarel, group program manager for Windows CE OS development at Microsoft.
Among the changes being made to the OS is a feature designed to improve the compatibility of APIs for software developed for PDAs (personal digital assistants) running Microsoft's Pocket PC software and other devices running software based on Windows CE .Net, Schnarel said. To make this possible, McKendric will allow software developers to change an application's user interface so that it can be displayed on differently sized screens while maintaining compatibility at the API level, Schnarel said. This would allow developers to more easily port their applications to different Windows CE-based devices, he said."
Due to a Microsoft NDA I'm under, I can't say much about this news, but if you read between the lines you can see this is going to be a very exciting year for the Pocket PC!
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01-13-2003, 10:53 PM
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Swami
Join Date: Feb 2004
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Re: Windows CE Update Set for Mid-2003 Release
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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn
Due to a Microsoft NDA I'm under, I can't say much about this news, but if you read between the lines you can see this is going to be a very exciting year for the Pocket PC!
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Good man. Just let us know when you can. 
That screen re-sizing sounds good - roll on 640x480 transflexive screens. :P
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01-13-2003, 11:10 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Feb 2002
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I just hope that my new iPAQ 5455's 48 mb of ROM is big enough to hold the new version when it comes out.
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01-13-2003, 11:23 PM
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Ponderer
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I am waiting.
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01-13-2003, 11:23 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Feb 2002
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Ya gotta love NDAs....
Well anything you can say or at least point us in the right direction is appreciated.
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01-13-2003, 11:28 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Has MS actually mentioned whether or not we will see a new Pocket PC version at that time?
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01-13-2003, 11:29 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Feb 2002
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We appreciate that you can't spill the beans but surely it's gotta be time that Microsoft want to disclose "Pocket PC 2003"..... :?
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01-13-2003, 11:31 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Aug 2002
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Im trying to read between the lines here.
Open question 1: Will the new Pocket Pc version be based on (the newest) Windows CE .Net (Version 4.2), or an older version?
Open question 2: If its based on 4.2, when could we expect it out? Let me try an optimistic guess....Cristmas 2003(?), another moth or two for hardware vendors, do do their work and make it availiable for download. Then we have it flashed (if you succed  ), somwhere in January/February 2004..........(!)
But if its based on an elder version, we could have it by summer i guess.
Open question 3:
What would the new ship be named? Pocket PC 2003? 2004? or somthing else? *remembers the earlier post on .NET name use*
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01-13-2003, 11:38 PM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Jul 2003
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I'd be very surprised if 48MB couldn't do it. I do think we'll be seeing what we saw with the 3630 to PPC2K2, as much as I don't want to see it happen :\
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01-13-2003, 11:39 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Feb 2002
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All the more confusing with devices coming out running CE.NET without a Pocket PC OS.
Argghh..... dammit! Who knows and can be bribed?  Someone must have malleable priciples. We want to know!! Name your price. :lol:
Fred
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