Embedded Linux developer, Lineo, has ported the open source operating system to handhelds, whilst retaining support for Windows CE applications. According to Bryan Sparks, CEO of Lineo, Embedix PDA is designed to gradually lure developers away from...
A spokesman for Ericsson declined to comment on whether other popular mobile operating systems - notably Microsoft Windows CE and 3Com's Palm OS - will also soon be endorsed by the Bluetooth alliance.
Transmeta chips were given the green light by Microsoft to work with the Windows CE .Net operating system. Now manufacturers that buy Transmeta's chips will be better able to develop devices based on the Windows CE operating system, the company said.
So using the lightweight Windows CE operating system in cut-down hardware could be an answer. This is based on an embedded x86 processor and supports functions which target TV-centric applications, such as video-mail, photo/image editing and Web...
But a source at Intel suggested that the CE.net kernel, on which the next version of PocketPC will be based, wasn't optimised for Xscale either. Microsoft's current PDA operating system, Pocket PC 2002, is based on a Windows CE 3.0 kernel, which is...
UK-based microprocessor designer ARM Holdings has paved the way for handheld devices based on its chip architecture to run Microsoft's Windows CE operating system. Now ARM will support Windows CE Handheld PC (H/PC) Professional Edition, which...