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The Windows Mobile Platform

The Windows Mobile Platform

The Windows Mobile platform defines a device running the Windows CE operating system customized with a standard set of Microsoft-designed user interface shells and applications. Devices that use the Windows Mobile platform include:

? Pocket PCs

? Smartphones

? Portable Media Centers

? Automobile computing devices

For this chapter, the discussion is restricted to the first two categories — Pocket PCs and Smartphones. (The latter two categories use a different shell and are not widely used in today's market.)

The latest version of the Windows Mobile platform at the time of writing is Windows Mobile 6.1. With this new release, there are some new naming conventions. Here's a list of the Pocket PC and Smartphone names used by Microsoft over the years.

Beginning with Windows Mobile 6, Microsoft defines a device with a touch screen but without phone capability as a Windows Mobile 6 Classic device (previously known as Pocket PC or Windows Mobile). Figure 18-1 shows a Windows Mobile 6 Classic device (the iPaq 211).

Figure 18-1

Touch-screen devices with phone functionality are now known as Windows Mobile 6 Professional (previously Windows Mobile Phone Edition). Figure 18-2 shows such a device (the HTC Touch Cruise).

Figure 18-2

Devices that do not support touch screens are now known as Windows Mobile 6 Standard (previously Smartphones). One is the Moto Q9h, shown in Figure 18-3.

Figure 18-3

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