Microsoft Windows Phone OS
Today, the mobile device market is an integral part of society. It enables disseminating large amounts of information to social circles as well as gathering large amounts of information from these same circles.
These mobile devices help keep us connected and organized in an increasingly complex society. In the latest rendition of Windows Mobile, Windows Phone 7 series has been stripped down and reshaped to fit the consumer's needs of today. Easy access to social networks, instant messaging, a touch interface, and media connectivity are all new aspects that are the pillars of the Windows Phone 7 series interface.
Windows Phone, which had been the Windows Phone 7 Series and is now the successor to the Windows Mobile platform, was launched in the US and Canada on November 8th, 2010.
Windows Phone SDK7.1 provides the tools necessary to develop apps for Windows Phone OS release which is known as Mango. Multitasking, enhanced phone framework, XNA Silverlight integration, improved performance and tile experience, enhanced data base access and sockets management are all included with these new tools. These tools enable developers to build many types of applications that had not been previously possible.
Origins
Windows Mobile started as a compact edition of Windows back in 1996. Its name was "Windows CE". Microsoft positioned Windows CE as an industry-standard operating system for custom and mobile systems. Products that leveraged Windows CE were similar to the Casio Cassiopeia and HP Journada. There were custom computing solutions, similar to SwiftModule. Windows CE satisfied a wide range of applications while delivering a consistent developer environment, small footprint, and data synchronization.
For the handheld devices produced by LG, HP, Casio, and others, Windows CE let them operate as a personal information manager (PIM). This was a step forward in the direction of using mobile data, as was seen with the PDA revolution of the late 1990s.
History and Related Naming Conventions for Windows Mobile
| |
Pocket PC (Without Mobile Phone |
Pocket PC (With Mobile Phone) |
Smartphone (Without Touch Screen) |
| Pocket PC 2000 |
Pocket PC 2000 |
Pocket PC 2000 Phone Edition |
N/A |
| Pocket PC 2002 |
Pocket PC 2002 |
Pocket PC 2002 Phone Edition |
Smartphone 2002 |
| Windows Mobile 2003 |
Windows Mobile 2003 for Pocket PC |
Windows Mobile 2003 for Pocket PC Phone Edition |
Windows Mobile 2003 for Smartphone |
| Windows Mobile 2003 SE |
N/A |
Windows Mobile 2003 SE for Pocket PC Phone Edition |
Windows Mobile 2003 SE for Smartphone |
| Windows Mobile 5.0 |
Windows Mobile 5.0 for Pocket PC |
Windows Mobile 5.0 for Pocket PC Phone Edition |
Windows Mobile 5.0 for Smartphone |
| Windows Mobile 6 |
Windows Mobile 6 Classic |
Windows Mobile 6 Professional |
Windows Mobile 6 Standard |
| Windows Mobile 6.1 |
Windows Mobile 6.1 Classic |
Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional |
Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard |
| Windows Mobile 6.5 |
N/A |
Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional |
Windows Mobile 6.5 Standard |
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Mobile#Windows_Phone_7
Fast forward to 2003 and wireless was hot. From Wi-Fi and ZigBee to GSM and CDMA, wireless technologies were the water cooler topic. Microsoft continued to improve the Windows CE experience. With Windows CE 4.x .NET, they enabled application developers to create cell phones that leveraged the Microsoft Office natively. This ability enabled phones to evolve from a simple PIM device into one that was more like a laptop in its functionality.
