WindowsForDevices.com Staff

Some users of Windows Mobile 5 are reporting “erratic behavior” during which their devices spontaneously slow down and speed up, according to a lengthy thread on the Windows Mobile Team blog. Concerns appear greatest among users who have upgraded their devices from Windows Mobile 2003 to Windows Mobile 5. Writing on the Windows Mobile Team […]

Microsoft on April 4 unveiled a Windows CE add-on intended to simplify the development of next-generation DVRs (digital video recorders) and IP STBs (Internet protocol set-top boxes). The free “Networked Media Device Feature Pack” aims to overcome the early lead of embedded Linux—pioneered by TiVo—in the rapidly growing consumer DVR/IP-STB market. “Networked media devices” (NMDs) […]

With costly intellectual property lawsuits clogging up court systems and draining corporate litigation accounts around the globe, Microsoft issued an announcement Feb. 9 intended to soothe any legal worries of its embedded software partners and bolster its intellectual property protections for them. The company said it will increase IP protection for the more than 4,000 […]

Sprint has announced what it claims is the first Pocket PC phone in the U.S. to run Microsofts new Windows Mobile 5.0 software platform. The Sprint PPC-6700 is a CDMA handset with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard plus a 1.3 megapixel camera and EV-DO, WiFi and Bluetooth capabilities. The PPC-6700 is rumored to be manufactured by […]

A small startup in Microsoft Corp.s backyard is poised to begin shipping a tiny, 32-pin chip-like computer module that runs “.NET Embedded,” a new Microsoft embedded software platform developed for use in watches and other “smart personal objects.” The module, developed by .netcpu Corp., incorporates portions of Microsofts Smart Personal Objects Technology hardware and software. […]