Microsoft plans this week to demo, for the first time, a Windows-based portable navigation system running a new, custom version of the operating system.
At a trade show in Hungary, the software maker will show a system from Mio Technology that runs the Windows Embedded NavReady 2009 operating system. Microsoft announced that operating system in June.
At the time, the software maker said it would have systems out in time for this year's holiday shopping season. However, Mio's press release said it is not planning to have its systems out until sometime next year.
"Our adoption of Windows Embedded NavReady 2009 is a significant step in our ongoing mission to create superior customer experiences on [personal navigation devices] to consumer devices," Mio president Samuel Wang said in a statement.
"Having a category-specific platform like Windows Embedded NavReady 2009 dramatically simplifies the process of building a connected GPS navigation device," said Wang.
In addition to mapping, NavReady provides for features like Live Search, Bluetooth, and MSN Direct services for obtaining traffic, weather and gas price information, for example.
This article was first published as a blog on CNET News.com.
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