Jesteście zdziwieni tą cena? Ja byłem bardzo. Tym bardziej, ze w rzeczywistości wynosi ona jeszcze mniej. Słaby jestem z matmy więc żeby nie głowić się na ułamkami postanowiłem zaokrąglić kurs dolara do 3 PLNów. A sam netbook kosztuje 80 dolarów amerykańskich (nie mylić z kanadyjskimi). Pewnie zastanawiacie się co za firma upadła na głowę i sprzedaję takie tanie netbooki. Otóż jest to chińska firma Menq, a ten tani model to Menq EasyPC E790. Oczywiście w tym przypadku wraz ze spadkiem ceny spadła specyfikacja komputera. Ma on 7 cali i system operacyjny to Windows CE a podobno rusza na tym nawet Android. Zresztą zobaczcie filmik z fanem tej maszyny w roli główne.

[Evow04] has been working hard to run Android on a Meizu M8 smartphone and we’re beginning to enjoy the fruits of his labor. The Meizu M8 is a Chinese cell phone very similar in appearance and hardware to the iPhone. The factory firmware runs Windows CE 6 but there is no official support for Android. It looks like [Evow04's] upgrade method is fairly easy; copy an IMG and BIN file to the root of the phone, backup the Windows CE portion, and then use the upgrade mode to flash the two files.

We’re pretty impressed with Android, especially the potential that it represents. Having another device that runs the OS is a good thing but at $350-$400 this isn’t any cheaper than just buying an Android phone.

State cercando un Notebook che costi poco? Eccolo qui, a soli 99 € . Si chiama MINDTECH MINIMIND , leggero, con schermo da 7 pollici e sistema operativo windows CE 5.0 , uguale agli smartphone. Il processore è un AK7802L   a soli   266MHz  con  512MB di ram, scheda wifi 802.11 b/g, batteria a lunga durata da 7,5 ore. Potete acquistarlo su TGO.it e mindtech.it

Elonex is showing a new breed of mini-laptops with ARM-based processors and Windows CE. The new Elonex Smartbook has a 7 inch screen, 2 USB ports, a flash card reader, and audio jacks. It comes with a USB to Ethernet adapter, since the tiny netbook doesn’t have room for a full sized Ethernet port. It will be around the $200 which is i think the best thing about this netbook.

C’est désormais une réalité, InTouch le superviseur le plus populaire au monde est disponible pour Windows CE. Avec cette dernière annonce, Wonderware compte bien se positionner comme leader sur le marché des pupitres opérateurs. Cette version « allégée » du célèbre superviseur InTouch peut désormais être mise en place sur des matériels certifiés « Powered by Wonderware ». Pour accompagner cette initiative, Wonderware s’est associé à de nombreux fabricants de panels opérateurs. On retrouve notamment dans la liste Advantech, Beckhoff, B&R, VIPA, Arista… Un sérieux atout pour les industriels, intégrateurs ou constructeurs de machines. Non seulement ils peuvent utiliser un logiciel fort de plus de 20 ans d’expérience, mais ils peuvent aussi choisir parmi leurs fournisseurs privilégiés.
Vous cherchez à standardiser vos pupitres opérateurs, quelques soit les automatismes en place ? Vous voulez être certain que vos IHM dans l’atelier aient une ergonomie conviviale ? Vous voulez réduire le coût de possession de telles applications ? Alors ne cherchez plus, InTouch Compact Edition est la solution qu’il vous faut ! Pour plus d’informations, visitez le site Wonderware et découvrez la liste des matériels supportés. Cliquez ici >>>

Mitac looks like they’re working on an MID that will be powered by the Nvidia Tegra chipset. This MID will have Windows CE pre-installed and will have a custom UI and 720p media playback. It also has an HDMI output and a TV tuner, if you’re interested. “Mitac also plans on selling the thing with a fold-out case / keyboard combo to sweeten the deal.” We don’t know about the battery life, but Nvidia said that it’s “good … for the form factor” whatever that means. We still don’t know the price – but it will be “competitive” – and the release date hasn’t been mentioned.

[Engadget]

mintpass is working on mintpad and I’ve talked about it before, but it looks like you can now order it. With this PMP, you’ll be getting: a 2.86-inch touchscreen display, 4GB of internal storage, a microSD card slot, WiFi, a 1.3MP camera, Windows CE 5.0 Professional, and a battery long enough to last 30 hours of audio / 5 hours of video playback. You can now order this PMP here for 139 pounds ($227 USD).

[Slash Gear]

Invensys Operations Management, provider of technology and software to the process and manufacturing industries, announced a newPowered By Wonderware^® program that delivers its Wonderware InTouch^® human-machine interface (HMI) software in a Compact Edition form factor for Windows CE devices. The program was created in partnership with Advantech Corp., Arista Corp., Axiomtek, B&R Industrial Automation, Beckhoff Automation, Beijer Electronics, Kontron and VIPA. Powered By Wonderware certified devices are now available from these vendors, with pre-installed images ready for use out of the box.

            “The Powered by Wonderware program, in conjunction with our partners, means that our customers can now order their HMI hardware with runtime software pre-installed, directly from their vendor of choice,” said Keith Jones, marketing program manager, Wonderware HMI/SCADA products. “This offers a certified combination of InTouch Compact Edition software and vendor hardware, tested by Wonderware and ready to use out of the box. Customers will appreciate the time they will save with the pre-installed software, as well as have confidence that their industrial computer panel is ready to run. In addition, InTouch Compact Edition software has never been more affordable, with users able to select the license size they need and take advantage of exciting new bundled pricing.”

            By partnering with many of the world’s top HMI hardware brands, Invensys now offers clients the most cost-efficient version of Wonderware InTouch HMI software on a vast amount of hardware styles and ratings. 

            “Wonderware customers are assured that InTouch Compact Edition software is certified to function properly on all certified hardware and that, together with our partners, we will support the complete solution in every corner of the globe,” said Dan Fitzpatrick, global embedded program manager, Invensys Operations Management.

            Powered By Wonderware is an ongoing open program, with Invensys planning to announce additional members in the coming months.

 www.invensys.com

Navegando pela Fnac hoje cedo, me deparei com o anúncio do Netbook Megatron Fw-001p, que como dito no título do Post, vem com o (pelo menos até hoje) já enterrado Windows CE 5.0. Vale a pena ressaltar que suas configurações são de pelo menos 10 anos atrás (ou mais) e que muito malmente o usuário que possui esse netbook consegue ouvir uma simples música em mp3.

Pelo valor é mais vantagem comprar um smartphone.

Confira aqui.

Mysaifu JVM is a Java Virtual Machine which runs on Windows Mobile.  It is a free software under the GPLv2 (GNU Public License Version 2).

The following operating systems are supported by latest version of this JVM.

• Windows Mobile 6.0
• Windows Mobile 5.0
• Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition software for Pocket PC (Pocket PC 2003 SE)
• Windows Mobile 2003 software for Pocket PC (Pocket PC 2003)

for details, please visit, http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~dat/java/project/jvm/index_en.html

phoneME for Windows CE, PocketPC and Windows Mobile is an implementation of the phoneME open source Java ME application platform for your Windows Mobile phone or handheld device. There are two different platforms of the phoneME virtual machine: phoneME Feature and phoneME Advanced.
Beyond precompiled binaries of these VMs for WinCE based operating systems (including PocketPC 2002, Windows Mobile 2003 and Windows Mobile 5), this website provides information, patches and instructions in order to compile the phoneME sources yourself.

• phoneME Feature

  phoneME Feature targets the low-end range of Windows Mobile devices and allows you to run CLDC and MIDP based applications, i.e. midlets.
  CLDC builds more or less out of the box once you have correctly set up your build environment. The MIDP stack compiles too if you do not use the Javacall porting layer, but the PCSL and MIDP sources requires a bit more patching in order to build and run midlets. Currently, many optional JSRs have not been ported to the WinCE platform and are hence unsupported.

• phoneME Advanced

  phoneME Advanced targets Windows Mobile devices with more resources (memory, cpu, storage) and can run CDC based applications that are compatible with a subset of the J2SE 1.4 stack. Other profiles like Foundation Profile and Personal Profile are also supported.
  The CDC and Foundation profiles require little patching. While the Personal Basis Profile does not compile at all, the Personal Profile works reasonably well. phoneME Advanced also provides a dual stack implementation with MIDP support. It is based on the Foundation Profile and runs basic midlets pretty good, but as with phoneME Feature, JSR support is rather limited.

More information about the phoneME project and these two types of virtual machines can be found at https://phoneme.dev.java.net.

Sorry, Apple iTablet fans, this isn’t your day. This right here is called the A81 MID and is has: a 7-inch WVGA touchscreen display, an ARM Cortex A8 600MHz CPU, WiFi / GPS support, and a 3,000mAh battery. The screenshot below is the UI and it’s actually Windows CE 6.0. It’s a decent-looking MID and it actually looks pretty close to that unknown Android MID that has been floating around.

[Pocketables]

If you have seen your Twitter account recently you might have seen some overlays over the profile pictures in order to show their favorite brand. If you want to do that, you have to edit your profile image in an image editing software. Still it is loss of our precious time.
You can use Avartize to do that in an easier way. It is a Twitter application that allows you to add an overlay to your Twitter picture by simply choosing an overlay and then signing in to your Twitter account. At the same time, it is possible to choose any overlay among hundreds of already created.

Click to know about MicroBlogging search engine from Google like Twitter

Moreover, using this Avartize you can have an effective solution for making a group to display a certain overlay at a certain day for a cause. Therefore, Avartize can make it easy because you need to create an overlay only once.

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If you’re a Microsoft Zune HD fan – like me – it should be good news to hear that the beautiful Zune HD has just passed the FCC! And yes, it will be available in 16 and 32GB models. The photo above confirms that Microsoft’s Zune HD will be priced at $220 USD for the 16GB model and $290 USD for the 32GB model. Let’s hope there’s still that rumoured 64GB model in the making. As you can see in the photo below, the rumoured September 8th release date for the ZuneHD could be a reality. Under the picture below is a photo of the virtual QWERTY keyboard and the Zune HD’s integrated Bing search. The QWERTY keyboard doesn’t look as good as the iPhone’s, but I’m hoping it works just as good. Oh yeah, you can take a look at this link via WMPowerUser to see the Zune HD’s Windows CE UI.

Amazon Price Listing: Gizmodo
ZuneHD Release Date: Engadget, Gizmodo
ZuneHD With Bing Search: Gizmodo, Slash Gear
ZuneHD Passes FCC: Electronista

Technical Level: Intermediate

Problem: To test the emulation of Windows Mobile against a web service hosted in localhost has been a problem for many developers. I have yet to find an official method of using the device emulator in visual studio to connect to a localhost web service.

The problem occurs because if you add a web service to the mobile device project in visual studio, it sets the reference URL to localhost. This will tell the application to connect to the localhost of the mobile device, whether real or emulated. Using the computer name may not work for many people because visual studio’s test environment will not allow calls from outside to call to the development’s localhost.

Required Tools: These are tools that I have worked with to get this to work.

• Windows Vista
• Visual Studio 2008
• Windows Mobile SDK
• Fiddler 2.

Solution: Assuming you have all of the above tools installed. We will add a proxy to the mobile device connection settings. We will get around to setting up fiddler to work with our mobile device.

Visual Studio

A specific port will need to be set on the Visual Studio Development Server to work correctly with fiddler. In the solution explorer pane, right click the web project that will be hosting your web service and click properties.

Visual Studio Web project

In the Web Tab, under Servers, select the Specific port radio button, and select a port. I am using port 81 for my development purposes.

Visual Studio Web Property

In the solution explorer where you have your mobile device project, right click the web service you added, go to properties and in the Web Reference URL block, place a dot before the colon of the port number. This dot allows fiddler to intercept the messages sent.

Mobile Web Service Properties

Secondly, we are going to change the URL in proxy located in the Reference.cs generated by visual studio. Back in the solution explorer, right click the web service, click view in object browser. I have my client side projects in another solution that I am working on so the image may differ from previous solution image.

Web Service Solution Object

Next we have the object browser showing up. Find a generated object, right click it and select Go To Defintion. This takes you to the Reference.cs generated for that specific web service.

Visual Studio Mobile Project Object Browser

At the very top of the Reference.cs file where the Service class is created, there is the URL of the web service assigned to a Url property. Place the dot after the localhost, before the colon for the port and save the file. DO NOT EDIT ANY OTHER PART OF THIS FILE. If you update the service reference, you will need to come back here and change the URL manually again.

namespace RAINMobile.RMEWService {
 public partial class RMEService : System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol {

 /// <remarks/>
 public RMEService() {
 this.Url = "http://localhost.:81/RME/RMEService.svc";
 }

Mobile Device Emulator

If you have not cradled or connect the device to the desktop, run the tool Device Emulator Manager which is found in visual studio, go to the device that you want to test on, right click it and select cradle. We now need to change the proxy of the emulated device that will have a connection to our desktop operating system via the  tool. Change the proxy to 169.254.2.2:8888 in the device.

Mobile Device Internet Proxy

Fiddler

We are going to add a custom script to re-route calls to the fiddler proxy to the machine’s localhost. In the toolbar, go to Rules then Custom Rules. The script will open, search for this function: “static function OnBeforeRequest(oSession: Session)”. In that function, add this piece of code:

if (oSession.host=="169.254.2.2:81")
{
oSession.host="127.0.0.1:81";
}

The 81 signifies the specific port set for the visual studio development server. If you change the port in visual studio, you will need to change it in fiddler script also.

Conclusion

Until an official solution to this problem is released by microsoft or the mobile device development team, this is one of the methods used in connecting the emulated windows mobile application to a webservice hosted in localhost.

LG has announced so many mobile models in the competitive business world. In such a way, this Smartphone LG GW550 is a business-oriented mobile phone announced at CommunicAsia 2009. It has come out in a candy bar form factor and it features a front facing QWERTY keyboard just like Nokia E71X.

Click to know about LG GM730 Smartphone

Moreover, it has a non-touch sensitive 2.4-inch display with QVGA resolution, 3Megapixel camera, stereo speakers, HSDPA 7.2 Mbps connectivity and 1300mAh battery. Unfortunately, pricing and other details of the mobile have not yet been announced.

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A pesar de todo el bombo publicitario que ha estado recibiendo el sistema operativo Android de Google, Nvidia ve mas prominente a Windows CE para los netbooks con chips ARM.

Mike Rayfield, gerente general de la unidad de negocios móviles de Nvidia, dijo que prefería el SO Windows CE de Microsoft en lugar de Android por la gran madurez con la que cuenta Windows CE. Dijo que la interfaz de usuario que actualmente ofrece Android aún le faltan cosas por pulir.

Rayfield fue evasivo, a pesar de los reportes que dicen que el próximo reproductor de música de Microsoft, el Zune HD, llevará consigo el procesador Tegra.

“Microsoft no ha confirmado eso … así que hasta que ellos no hagan declaraciones, yo no puedo decir nada,” él dijo.

Respecto a los smartbooks, Nvidia está trabajando de la mano con Microsoft para optimizar Windows CE para cuando llegue su turno de correr con los procesadores Tegra. Tegra lleva consigo un procesador ARM (el ARM 11 a 750MHz) con chips designados por Nvidia para una mayor potencia gráfica y así poder videos HD, contar con sonido estéreo y más.

Eso le permitirá a los dispositivos Windows CE liberarse de la carga de trabajo y dejar que Tegra sea el encargado de llevar a cabo esas tareas que resultarán en un mejor desempeño, menos consumo de energía y poder disfrutar video a 1080p. Nvidia afirma que los smartbooks con Tegra permitirán a los usuarios escuchar música por 25 días o ver contenido HD por 10 horas.

Nvidia decidió trabajar primero con Windows CE, dijo Rayfield, porque es un “sistema operativo muy estable que ha sido entregado millones de veces.”

Windows CE también tiene “bajo consumo de recursos y una buena colección de aplicaciones,” dijo.

Prieš keletą metų, kai užkniso Adobe Reader ilgas užsikrovimo laikas (ypač ant mano senuko PC) ir jo griozdiškumas, pradėjau ieškoti Adobe Reader ‘iui alternatyvos. Kaip tik tuo metu kolega pasiūlė pabandyti Foxit Reader ir buvau sužavėtas šios programos greitaveika, paprastumu ir mažu dydžiu. Nuo tada visuose savo naudojamuose kompiuteriuose PDF dokumentų skaitymui naudoju būtent Foxit Reader, taip pat rekomenduoju savo pažįstamiem. Žinoma, su pačiomis pirmomis Foxit Reader versijomis buvo šiokių tokių problemų, pvz. ne visada atidarydavo dokumentą (atidarydavo kaip tuščią lapą), tačiau dažniausia užtekdavo tik parsisiųsti naują programos versija ir PDF dokumentą su nauja versija sėkmingai atidarydavo. Tiesa, nesu bandęs naujausio Adobe Reader (šiuo metu 9), todėl negaliu teigti, kad Foxit Reader visom prasmėm geresnis už Adobe produktą, o beto aš ir nesiekiu Foxit Reader’io reklamuoti.

Grįžtant prie įrašo pavadinimo. Taigi, kaip jau rašiau mano įsigytame GPS navigacijos įrenginyje buvo kaip ir funkcija  “E-book reader”, tačiau tai savybė skirta tik txt failų peržiūrai. Kaip žinia iš  txt failų peržiūros naudos mažai, na nebent kažkokias pastabas gali pasiraštyi ir pežiūrėti kelionėje su GPS’u. Todėl, pasidarė įdomu (šioks toks sportinis interesas) ar yra sukurta programa PDF dokumentų peržiūrai Windows CE OS’ui? Pirmiausia žinoma kilo mintis apie Adobe Reader LE (kuris yra mano Nokia telefone), tačiau, deja, Adobe Reader LE programos nėra sukurta (bent jau įrašo rašymo metu) Windows CE operacinei sistemai. Tai teko paieškas pratęsti.

Nuėjęs į Foxit puslapį radau Foxit Reader for Windows CE. Nemokamoje arba kitaip Free Evaluation versijoje nėra kai kurių savybių:

• Reflow mode*
• Find tool*
• CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) support*
• JPEG2000 and JBIG2 support*
• UI localization*

Iš išvardintų savybių, kurios bent jau man gali trūkti – tai paieška, tačiau pasitenkinsiu ir nemokamos programos versija.

Parsisiunčiu programos zip archyvą, išpakuoju, programos  exe failą įrašau į kortelę ir dedau į įrenginį. Į kortelę taip pat įrašau ir 24 megabaitų dydžio PDF formato knygą (buvo įdomu pažiūrėti ar susidoros su tokio dydžio failu). Įjungiu įrenginį  ir bandau atidaryti dokumentą (24MB PDF knygą) – be problemų atsidaro. Štai keletas veikianęio Foxit Reader for Windows CE screenų:

Aišku, normaliam skaitymu GPS ekrano dydis bus per mažas, bet to šiek tiek reikia palaukti kol tvarkingai atvaizduoja tekstą (kas, manau, vargintu. Tačiau, kadangi aš nesitikėjau kažko ypatingo, tai mane pakankamai tenkina funkcionalumas, visgi dabar galiu atidaryti ne tik txt, bet ir PDF failus.  Programa verta turėti, jei turite įrenginį su Windows CE, nes maža kada gali prireikti tokios savybės (PDF failų peržiūros).

P.S. Jei kas žinot dar kokią PDF peržiūros programa Windows CE OS parašykit.

Maplin seem to have yet another curiosity up for grabs in their netbook department (Maplin are perhaps the UK’s only surviving equivalent of Tandy/Radio Shack. A curious mix of electronic items and components. Always selling solar power panels whenever I’ve caught sight of a store).

Anyway they are selling a netbook for £129 which has two distinguishing features. One the operating system installed is Windows CE which is a kind of cut down Windows often found on PDA’s and the internal architecture inside this 650g mini device is ARM based which is again more often found in mobile phones.

Compared to architectures like Intel’s atom processor the ARM architecture brings the advantage of being an even lower power consumer and offering a much extended battery life. One disadvantage is that you can’t just turn around and install Windows XP because XP is just not available to run on ARM processors.

You could at a pinch try installing the recently released Ubuntu Linux for ARM and though the 4GB internal solid state hard drive & 128MB might just accommodate (OK more memory would be better) you currently don’t have a lot of other options…yet.

Outside of the UK ARM based netbooks running Windows CE and Linux have been offered below $100 and over the next few months we’re likely to see many more ARM based devices on the market running Linux and especially Google’s Android OS which at present has only be available on a very small number of phones.

So whilst Microsoft’s Windows 7,due for release in October may finally be a viable netbook OS option it demands considerably more in terms of host hardware specifications and hence will push Win7 based netbook offerings up the pricing scale. We may see a fair amount of low cost netbooks and Internet browsing devices based on ARM becoming more readily available on-line and along the high street.

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