CE7 + WM7 = 1??

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Peter Hartlén

Hi!

I've hear rumors that CE and Windows Mobile will become one OS in a "near"
future. I guess this would be for CE7 / WM7 which has the code name Photon
if my resources are correct, and has the estimated release in 2008.

Has anyone any information on this?

Thanks in advance!
 
What do you mean "one OS"? They are already one OS and always have been.
Windows Mobile is based on CE.

I can't imagine all CE devices will ever be required to run full WM or pass
WM logo certification. Wouldn't make much sense for a headless factory
controller, now would it?

And where did you hear that "Photon" is CE7? CE 6 has been out for only
about 6 months. so I wouldn't expect a CE 7 beta for probably at least a
year. You'd think that maybe the WM team might go from CE 5.0 to 6.0 for
there next release rather than skipping 6.0 altogether.

Tell your "source" they obviously don't understand what CE and WM are if
they make such ludicrous claims.
 
I know WM is based on CE so my explanation was really bad. Also, I mixed up
the version numbers. Am I right to say the future version of WM (possibly
WM7) will be based on CE6 (not CE7 as I stated earlier).

The thing is my boss got all excited about it, and I've been trying to find
any real facts that this would be on the go.

Anyway, one thing I read in an article was that WM and WM Smartphone (Phone
Edition) will be merged, possibly this is what he heard and mixed it up with
CE and WM. Is this something that is for sure?

"WM for Pocket PC and WM for Smartphone, which will fade away only in WM
Photon."
http://www.mobile-review.com/pda/articles/wm-crossbow-en.shtml

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Mobile

/ Peter
 
Microsoft has not announced *what* will be based on what in the future.
Based on past experience, it's probable, however, that some future version
of Windows Mobile (which might be called just about anything by that time),
will be based on CE6. There are no confirmed facts about this, so there's
nothing to be excited about yet.

It's likely that the distinction between what's a Pocket PC and what's a
Smart Phone will continue to blur, as it's already doing with Smart Phones
that have keyboards and Pocket PCs that have phones. I don't think that MS
has confirmed this, either, however, so it's all speculation, at this point.

Paul T.
 
Ok, thanks to both of you!

Getting this information from well respected members of the "Mobile
Community" like you two weighs more than this source's "ludicrous claims".
:-)

Thanks again!

/ Peter


"Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <p space tobey no spam AT no instrument no spam DOT
com> skrev i meddelandet news:[email protected]...
 
Agreed. If you assume that MS ill release a "next" Windows Mobile, which I
have no reaons to doubt, then it would make sense for them to use the latest
OS. That would mean that I would expect the next version to be based on CE
6.0. When we might expect it I have no idea, though you might look at the
history and see how long after a base OS they have typically shipped a WM
based on it as a guide.

The "merge" already has happened to a degree. They now call it Windows
Mobile, whether it's a SmartPhone or a PPC, and if you look at some devices
it's not so clear at all. Look at the Treo - looks and acts a lot like a
smartphone, but it's a PPC Phone Edition. Look at the Q, loos a lot like a
PPC but isn't.

I don't think MS will be the one who dictates what future devices will
have - I believe it's the operators and device manufacturers.
 
Agreed. If you assume that MS ill release a "next" Windows Mobile, which
I have no reaons to doubt, then it would make sense for them to use the
latest OS. That would mean that I would expect the next version to be
based on CE 6.0.
Click to expand...

As you say, "If you assume that MS will release a "next" version of WM". So
perhaps there will be no next version, instead the next version of CE
(beyond v. 6?), modified to a degree I cannot speculate on here, will be
what current WM-devices run?

But this is only speculations on something I am not an expert..

/ Peter
 
No. CE is used for too many things to be used strictly for WM. It ill
remain a modular OS that people can adapt to what they want. Similarly WM
defines a standard set of components, and for ISV standards are important so
they have some relative amount of assuredness that their software will run
on devices that they haven't necessarily tested for.

I'd think CE and WM will always remain separate.
 
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