Why would a manufacturer adopt an expensive platform with a fragmented and weak app base, while a mature, open source and free altrnative is available, which can do exactly what Windows CE is offering?
Linux, Android, Meego... all are very comfortable with 1080p playback, and HW-accelerated flash on their browsers (coming to Android this month)...
Microsoft let itself go, and ended up scraping Photon (which was a pre-iPhone era OS) and offering the rushed off Windows Phone 7...
after making a huge rant about how everything runs "apps" because it's short for "applications", it's kinda odd you say this won't run "computer software"...
Good lord! The folks here can't agree on the identity of this OS. Who are the geniuses at MS that come out with all these ridiculous names ?! How can every name keep having four words and somehow help with market focus?
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Why would a manufacturer adopt an expensive platform with a fragmented and weak app base, while a mature, open source and free altrnative is available, which can do exactly what Windows CE is offering?
Linux, Android, Meego... all are very comfortable with 1080p playback, and HW-accelerated flash on their browsers (coming to Android this month)...
Microsoft let itself go, and ended up scraping Photon (which was a pre-iPhone era OS) and offering the rushed off Windows Phone 7...
@TareG its not app based wince7 uses full fledged software like a regular embbeded thats why =P
@Ralven IT is APP based APP = APPLication which this runs
and this will not run computer software since it not an embbeded its a embbeded compact
@DefPoet
after making a huge rant about how everything runs "apps" because it's short for "applications", it's kinda odd you say this won't run "computer software"...
@TareG
Good lord! The folks here can't agree on the identity of this OS. Who are the geniuses at MS that come out with all these ridiculous names ?! How can every name keep having four words and somehow help with market focus?
Am I missing something here?!
@Quickbeam - So true! I'm confused about what's what and who's who. MS needs to clean up - at least - it's naming scheme