Running XP on a cellphone

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I have a Windows Mobile 5.0 phone. My company has purchased several
others for over the air active sync. I also want to run Citrix,
though, on my phone. My phone doesn't support Citrix.

So this has me thinking, how about a phone that runs Windows XP? So
far the only device I can find is http://www.dualcor.com/ CPC which
has tablet edition as an option, and cellular phone capabilities.

Are there others? I'd love to have a small device the size of a PDA
that runs Windows XP and is a capable cellphone. I realize battery
life would be an issue, but I already face that streaming audio over
802.11 on my Windows Mobile device and other such uses. So I have a
power source in the car, at home, and at work.

Edwin
 
Running a standard version of XP on a cell phone: probably not possible!

Running a smaller version of XP: The smaller version of XP was named Windows
CE, which probability now known as Windows Mobile. Your cell phone "seems" to
already run a "stripped" down version of XP.


Cell phones are not normally as powerful as PC.
 
Yves said:
Running a standard version of XP on a cell phone: probably not possible!
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I provided a link of one such thing. Impossible? Never say
impossible.
Running a smaller version of XP: The smaller version of XP was named Windows
CE, which probability now known as Windows Mobile. Your cell phone "seems" to
already run a "stripped" down version of XP.
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My phone does not run Windows CE. I have used CE on BosaNova and other
thin clients. CE is not XP, and is not Windows Mobile. Though they
are all Microsoft OSes.

My phone is not running XP. More importantly, it is not an x86 based
processor, so I can not run binaries compiled for XP/x86 on it.
Cell phones are not normally as powerful as PC.
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While this is true, that doesn't mean this is a given. I have a
laptop. I don't carry it with me everywhere. It would be odd to lug
a laptop into the movies. Or to work every day. Though I do take my
cell phone. I have several GB of space on my phone. I have shows
that I watch through it. While we are waiting at the movies for the
show to start, I will often watch a TV show on my phone. I can also
watch my CCTV and check up on the home. I can check weather radar.

So why can't I also Citrix into my work or TS into my home PC? Only
phone that supports Citrix is an old non Microsoft OS phone, afaik. So
I loose a lot to gain Citrix. We are just about to the point where my
cell phone could replace what a laptop does for the casual user aka me.
I'm ready to take that step. Just wondering if I have more than one
hardware provider. Google searching isn't giving me much.
 
If your phone has enough processing power and a few GB of space, it may be
possible. I don't know how to install software on a phone, but MS lists the
minimum requirements: for XP Home = Pentium class 233MHz, 128 MB RAM, 1.5 GB
HD...
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/evaluation/sysreqs.mspx

Other operating systems can be found there as well, including:
XP Home
XP Pro
XP Media Center
XP Tablet PC
XP Pro 64
Windows Mobile

Is that what you're talking about?
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/default.mspx
 
My phone has an OMAP850 195Mhz processor, so that wont work.

Apparently, the maker of the T-Mobile SDA (HTC) is making an XP based
cell phone;
http://msmobiles.com/news.php/5766.html

Apparently the proper search term in UMPC aka ultra mobile PC. This is
the hardware, and then finding a model that also support cellular
service such as the HTC model coming out.

Fun times.
 
Have you tried to remote your home computer to run citrix.
Have you heard about VNC?
I believe there is a version of VNC client for mobile.
So, turn your home computer into a vnc server, access it via wireless and
remote control it from your cell phone to use apps like citrix.
How does it sound?
 
That's XP Tablet edition, not standard edition. :)

Maybe I don't understand what Tablet edition is. I thought it was XP
Home with handwriting recognition and better voice recognition?
Can't I install normal XP apps on Tablet edition?
 
smiling said:
Have you tried to remote your home computer to run citrix.
Have you heard about VNC?
I believe there is a version of VNC client for mobile.
So, turn your home computer into a vnc server, access it via wireless and
remote control it from your cell phone to use apps like citrix.
How does it sound?
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Now there is a good idea. I have VNC installed on one of my home
PC's. I downloaded VNC onto my phone and it works. Though it is very
slow and hard to use, it is something. I guess since control-alt-end
or insert is the pass through in Citrix, I'd need to build a hotkey for
that. But it works.

Thank you.
 
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