A WLAN stack was added and the setup of the connections was made easier. The Pocket Media Player can now play videos in Windows Media 9 format. The features of the XScale CPU are now fully available and use the advanced commands of the ARM v5 architecture. Pocket PC 2003 or Windows Mobile 2003 has a real-time kernel and is based on the Windows CE. An infrared port and USB controller increases the scope. The new command line processor allows in this release for the first time the use of commands without a graphical user interface. With the modular file wrapper can be incorporated up to 256 different file systems. The update Windows CE 2.10 in July 1998 allows the use of TCP/IP and the file system FAT32. The operating system is also available in German now. The software "Handheld PC Explorer" was renamed to ActiveSync. The manageable memory can now be up to 4 MB. TrueType fonts improving now the appearance of characters on the screen with a display of 640x480 pixel full VGA resolution and 24-bit color depth. The operating system can now be designed modular by the device manufacturers itself. Windows CE 2.0 came in October 1997 with the first devices on the market. Microsoft declared later that "CE" is not an abbreviation but represents more the rules of orientation during the development to create an new operating system that is more "Compact", Connectable", Compatible", an "Companion," and "Efficient". Interprations like "Compact Edition" and also "Consumer Electronics" was spread.
Although the localization in German was planned, the first Version of Windows CE was only available in English.Īt the beginning there have been speculations about what "CE" is standing for.
Data can be synchronized between mobile device and desktop computer with the "Handheld PC Explorer" software. The resolution of the touch screen is 640x240 pixel and corresponds to the half-VGA resolution. The operating system is not sold separately and always tied to the device unit delivered by the original equipment manufactures.
One of the first devices for Windows CE was HP 300 LX and available at the market on 16th November 1996. Windows CE 1.0 has been presented at the COMDEX, Las Vegas in November 1996. The minimum requirements are stated as 4 MB ROM and 2 MB RAM. The 32-bit operating system has a limit of up to 32 processes with up to 32 MB virtual memory for each process. At the beginning, Handheld PCs and Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) are supported with the processor architectures as MIPS 3000/4000, SuperH of Hitachi and Intel x86. The application programming interface (API) contains a subset of the Win32 API used for Windows on personal computers. The graphical user interface and usability has similarities with Windows 95 and has been designed especially for embedded devices. Windows CE In 1995, Microsoft started the development of the new operating system called Windows CE under the code name Pegasus.
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