Symbian hopes users will be attracted to the economy of using Epoc - which the alliance members claim uses less power and memory Microsoft's Windows CE. The TrueSync software allows full interoperability of data between mobile devices and desktop PCs.
Microsoft - with its Windows CE OS - will increasingly focus on the lucrative mobile market, and the company has already identified Psion as a long-term threat because of its mobile expertise. Colly Myers, Symbian's CEO, highlighted the efficiency...
Such platforms may include open layers, such as the Symbian core OS, J2ME or the Windows CE core OS but they will still be more or less custom-built to suit the particular needs of the device. Some resource efficiency and robustness was sacrificed...
The Redmond-based company also announced a six-month, $995 (about £650) promotional price on kits for creating devices using Windows CE .Net and Windows XP Embedded. Analysts questioned whether Microsoft's decision to use the full .Net Framework in...
A smart display, which Microsoft developed under the code name Mira, is typically a 10-inch or 15-inch detachable monitor running Microsoft's Windows CE for Smart Displays operating system. The set-top box ran Windows CE.Net 4.2, the same basic OS...
Unlike tablets or the coming mini-PCs, NEC's MobilePro does not contain a built-in hard drive and runs Windows CE, as well as the pocket version of Microsoft applications. The MobilePro 900, which will start to go on sale in late May, comes with a...