Windows Embedded compact 7 officially announced

Children's Day on February 16 may be a very distant day for us. But for embedded developers, it is a big day, because today at the Computex exhibition in Taipei, Microsoft officially announced the latest member of its embedded product line, Windows Embedded compact 7.

Windows Embedded compact 7 is a well-known Windows Embedded Ce (wince) system, but now it is renamed Windows Embedded compact 7 as the version number is upgraded. Of course, it is also a product codenamed 7, and Microsoft's other two heavyweight products Windows 7 and Windows Phone 7 are also popular. The former has achieved good sales in a short period of time, while the latter is Microsoft's revolutionary mobile terminal device. Moreover, Windows Phone 7 is developed based on Windows Embedded compact 7 core. Yes, you are not mistaken. There is a core word behind it. We used to know that Windows Mobile is a sub-brand/product customized based on Win CE. Now, Windows Phone 7 and Windows Embedded compact 7 share the same kernel. I wonder if the advent of Windows Embedded compact 7 is as refreshing as Windows Phone 7 does? Microsoft's official features of Windows Embedded compact 7 are summarized as follows ):

Rich and connected experiences for consumers.Windows Embedded compact 7 gives consumers the ability to share and manage content within SS networked devices with digital living network alliance, such as new HDTVs, and a new media library.

Simplified access to information for enterprise users.Windows Embedded compact 7 makes it easier to connect to your ate e-mail, calendar and contacts over enterprise networks through Microsoft airsync and Microsoft Exchange, as well as to Microsoft Office and Adobe PDF viewers to access important documents, and to Windows 7 device stage to transfer data and media between PCs and devices.

Resources for hardware manufacturers and developers.Windows Embedded compact 7 provides resources to help bring high-intensity Ming, highly reliable and differentiated specialty devices to market quicker with support for multicore and the latest asset relationship management-based architecture and tools, including platform builder, Visual Studio, expression blend and Silverlight for Windows Embedded.

Another important thing that is not mentioned here is that Windows Embedded compact 7 will support flash 10.1 (see http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/Features/2010/may10/05-31RichExperiences.mspx )! This is a good thing for end consumers. At present, Asus has released an ep101tc 10 tablet Based on Windows Embedded compact 7.

Of course, due to the strong customization and expressiveness of Windows Embedded compact 7 (especially for Silverlight support), in addition to tablets, you can also create a variety of devices, such as a player or a network terminal ......

Finally, if you are an embedded developer, now you can go to the Microsoft connect site to download the CTP version: https://connect.microsoft.com/windowsembeddedce

Related Resources: http://www.windowsembedded.com/compact7
Http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/Features/2010/may10/05-31RichExperiences.mspx

 

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