Hewlett-Packard (HP) is the latest company to join the battle for the 'green screen' replacement market, with a dumb terminal priced at $699. The desktop giant says it is looking to complement the PC market, not compete with it.
Microsoft is turning its back on two of its current chip partners by limiting support in the next version of its Pocket PC operating system to just one supplier - UK-based ARM Holdings. Pocket PCs running on the current generation of the operating...
The smartphone operating system, Stinger, will also be based on CE.NET. As part of Gates' vision to develop software as a web-based service, CE.NET incorporates many internet-based features of .NET, such as the .NET compact framework application...
Analysts questioned whether Microsoft's decision to use the full .Net Framework in Windows XP Embedded - as opposed to the smaller .Net Compact Framework - makes sense given the limited memory available in devices.
Microsoft intends to extend the reach of the .Net Compact Framework to its Smartphone operating system as well. On Wednesday Gates showed off a prototype of the .Net Compact Framework running on a device based on Microsoft's Smartphone software.
The glitch affects the Axim X5 - Dell's first and only handheld - running Windows Mobile 2003 for Pocket PC, according to postings on Axim user websites and on Dell's own DellTalk web message boards. Owners report that handhelds with the new...