[Reprinted] Microsoft's next-generation handheld Operating System Microsoft Windows Mobile crossbow

Windows Vista, Microsoft's new-generation desktop operating system, was officially launched globally on September 10, November 30. What about its corresponding handheld OS? In fact, Microsoft will launch the next-generation handheld Operating System: Microsoft Windows Mobile crossbow to meet the new features of Vista and improve WM 5.0. Although most of my friends call Windows Mobile crossbow Windows Mobile 6.0 and I have accepted such a statement, after asking the relevant person in charge of Microsoft China, we know that crossbow upgrades mainly focus on exchange and live, so we think it is more accurate to call it WM crossbow.

This articleArticleOur foreign counterparts, mobile-review, explained the English test WM crossbow, which mainly targets new features of Windows Mobile crossbow, most of the features of Windows Mobile 5.0 and Windows Mobile only occupy a small amount of space, but I think you will know your mobile phone better after reading this article, it will be used more efficiently in the future. And even if you have no restrictions on the hardware of your mobile phone or PDA, most of your handheld devices cannot be upgraded to Windows Mobile crossbow. The reason is that you cannot directly write a new OS into your handheld device using a PC. In fact, in addition to Microsoft, the hardware factory of handheld devices must release firmware containing the new OS. You can upgrade your handheld operating system only after purchasing or downloading the new firmware.

Microsoft named his next-generation operating system "Windows Mobile crossbow", where "crossbow" meant to be a stone bow. Although we don't know where the code came from, microsoft hasn't officially released the OS until now, but it is believed that its commercial version should be "Windows Mobile 6.0" when it is officially launched ". Since the previous version of Windows mobile OS, Microsoft began to name the operating system in a new way. The previous versions were Windows Mobile 20002 and Windows Mobile 2003 ", however, Versions later than that were replaced by numbers such as "5.0" and "6.0. But interestingly, the newCodeThe second number has not been used until now. In other words, we have not seen such names as Windows Mobile 5.2 or 5.3, because the upgrade and patch after "5.0" are named after the Aku (adaptation kit update) upgrade package.

However, this brand-new operating system may also be called "Windows Mobile 5.0 version 2" because it does not have many brand new features, in addition, the entire system is also being patched for Windows Mobile 5.0. It is reported that there will be a breakthrough upgrade to the next version of the OS after crossbow. The development code for this operating system that is still under development is "Windows Mobile photon (photon )", microsoft plans to release it in 08 years. However, Microsoft wants to release MS Windows Vista, MS Office 2007, and MS Exchange 2007 in the near future. To work with a series of new desktop software, Microsoft has no choice, you have to release an upgraded version of Windows mobile OS. Therefore, supporting MS Exchange 2007 is the primary goal of most new Windows Mobile crossbow features. It is worth mentioning that here, Crossbow still has two branches: Windows Mobile Pocket PC and Windows Mobile Smartphone. However, when Windows Mobile photon is reached, the two versions will be merged into one. Today we have thoroughly evaluated the Pocket PC version. Do not worry about using smartphone. The evaluation of the smart phone version will be conducted later.

First, let's review the development history of the handheld device operating system. The following table lists the codes of all Windows Mobile Platforms and their release dates.

Operating system code release date
Windows Mobile 6.0 crossbow () has not been released
Windows Mobile 5.0 Magneto (magnetic generator)
Windows Mobile 2003 se ozone Update (ozone upgraded version)
Windows Mobile 2003 ozone (ozone)
Pocket PC 2002 Merlin ()
Pocket PC 2000 rapier (Li Jian) 2000-04-19
Palm PC V1.0/0/1.2 Gryphon/Wyvern (Griffin/Dual-foot flying dragon) (three months later, the palm PC was renamed as the palm-Size PC)

According to a friend involved in crossbow development, "crossbow is a powerful weapon to deal with our competitors ". So what are Microsoft's critical weapons? Why are these functions "Fatal? Microsoft has made a lot of improvements and upgrades to outlook mobile to adapt to the new version of MS Exchange. It also updates the interface and sound themes for the coming Windows Vista; we have previously predicted that both Windows Live and Live Messenger mobile will also appear in WM crossbow. To counter competitors, WM Crossbow has also added support for VoIP; smart dial 2.0 (smart dialing 2.0) is integrated into the Pocket PC, which is a very valuable step for the integration of the two Windows Mobile branches. In addition, WM crossbow also inherits all the Aku upgrade packages previously launched for WM 5.0.

Although a major upgrade has been made, WM crossbow's requirements for system hardware have not changed: In terms of memory, 32 mb rom and 32 mb ram are still required, although the memory value of most handheld devices has remained at the 64 mb rom and 64 mb ram levels, there is no requirement for CPU improvement, the CPU frequency of MHz can make the system run stably-as far as the first impression of using WM crossbow is concerned, the current system performance is better, because LoadingProgramAnd the tool time is shorter. In fact, this is not my opinion. Everyone who has the opportunity to play with this OS interface thinks so.

WM crossbow already supports direct3d mobile-This 3D display technology is completed by Wireless MMX (Multimedia enhancement Instruction Set), and the latest XScale CPU is fully supported. crossbow also supports Windows Error Reporting, in the future, users can take the initiative to submit bugs to Microsoft. In addition, the crossbow device can be directly used as a non-drive mail disk, however, this does not mean that all devices using WM Crossbow will have this function in the future. Of course, Crossbow will also have to enhance its support for Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. In general, Crossbow has not gotten rid of Windows compact edition (wince) 5 kernel, and the interface has only changed a little, so there is basically no compatibility conflict between the existing software and crossbow-we have already tested many programs, and each of them can run smoothly, just as in Windows Mobile 5.0.
The following is a list of Windows Mobile crossbow (will it be WM 6.0 ?) For Pocket PC:

Improved outlook, more refined icons;
The theme of a completely rerecorded ringtone;
Faster interface running speed;
Inner IP technology (VOIP and SIP );
Smart dial-up 2.0 allows you to quickly find contacts and call records and get rid of the virtual keyboard on the screen;
You can set any ringtone for each event;
Provides shortcuts for enabling outlook mobile;
Complete meeting Arrangement System;
HTML-format emails are supported;
Smart Search allows you to quickly search for emails;
Various features are designed for MS Exchange 2007;
Embedded Windows Live online services;
Marketplace: purchase, download, and install applications on your mobile phone;
Encryption technology, which can encrypt a memory card.
If you want to talk about the disadvantages of Ms crossbow, I have to say that the world lacks miracles, and Ms crossbow just proves this. The system still does not support multiple Internet Explorer windows, so we still have to be limited by a Single Window; there is no improvement in office programs. We don't know exactly when Microsoft will be able to really strengthen office mobile, expand Windows Live, and release Windows Media mobile 11. We hope Windows Mobile photon will surprise us.

 

I don't know if Windows Mobile photon comes out. Can we still use 5.0 of the resources? If it can be used, the change will be big. If we can use 900 million users to take 900 to Beijing for the Olympics? The system software should be greatly changed. What do you say?

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