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How Open Is Open? The Mobile Open Operating Systems Landscape
2007 and 2008 brought major changes in the smartphone operating system space. Apple, Google, LiMo, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, and Symbian all made major announcements regarding their commercial and open source strategies.
With all of these operating systems available, how do operators, handset vendors, semiconductor manufacturers, application developers, and other ecosystem stakeholders work together to bring compelling, differentiated, high value solutions to market?
"How Open is Open?" explores potential answers to these questions. Starting with a summary of the evolution of mobile operating systems, this whitepaper progresses to describe the current OS
landscape, licensing models, segmentation of operating systems, and concludes with opportunities for stakeholders to differentiate.
Sling Media Launches Universal Media Player Based on Windows Embedded Technology
Sling Media, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS), is a leading digital lifestyle products company offering consumer services and products that are a natural extension of today's digital way of life. Smart, Connected Media Device Extends TV Viewing Sling Media needed an embedded operating system for its newest universal media player, SlingCatcher. Windows Embedded CE delivered a componentized platform with Digital Rights Management (DRM), robust networking, and playback support for a wide variety of digital media formats.
536 days ago by MicrosoftHow IT Should Compare Mobile Platforms
When deploying mobile technology, think beyond the devices themselves and consider how they will integrate into the corporate infrastructure. The enterprise IT department planning to deploy or update its mobile technology platform may think it is blessed with choices. While 97 percent of the North American and European enterprise PCs run on Windows, no one operating system garners the market for handhelds. There are four mobile operating systems to choose from: Microsoft Windows Mobile, Research in Motion BlackBerry OS, PalmOS, and Symbian; the impact of Apple's OS X on the iPhone is yet to be seen.
810 days ago by MicrosoftEducation Enterprise Cuts Mobile Computing Costs 37 Percent, Enables Global Deployment
Career Education Corporation wanted to offer mobile computing to all 75 of its campuses worldwide, but, with RIM BlackBerry devices, reliability was poor and costs were prohibitive. The company then switched to devices based on the Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system. The move is saving 37 percent compared to RIM; e-mail availability is 18 percent higher; and the company can enable mobile access to its student portal, boosting industry competitiveness.
1034 days ago by MicrosoftHallmark Cards Boosts Merchandiser Efficiency 10 Percent With Mobile Databases
Hallmark Cards sells its products in nearly 44,000 retail outlets in the United States, including 30,000 mass merchandisers, such as discount, food, and drug stores. The company employs 10,000 part-time Retail Merchandisers (RMs) who stock new deliveries, place orders, and sort misplaced cards into their proper display pockets. When the company needed to replace the aging handheld devices RMs used, it worked with Field Performance Group, a Microsoft Certified Partner, to create a solution called INFOLink that runs on a mobile device hosting Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Windows CE Edition. The Hallmark corporate database, hosted on SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition, can synchronize regularly with the 60 megabyte database of the mobile device.
1055 days ago by Microsoft.NET Framework Optimizes Post-it Software Notes for Windows XP, Pocket PC
The electronic version of 3MÂs popular Post-it Notes product, which has been around since the days of Windows 95, has undergone several incarnations, the latest of which was developed using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET and the .NET Framework. This Microsoft case study explains how 3M optimized the application for Windows XP and leveraged the .NET Compact Framework to make the application more portable to mobile devices such as Pocket PCs and Smartphones.
1837 days ago by Microsoft.NET Enterprise Architecture Report: Streetmap
Streetmap, a UK based internet business delivering mapping solutions via a standard Desktop browser, are now using Microsoft .NET technology to realize its own vision of location based services. In addition to being available via a standard browser, these services are also available via Pocket PC and other mobile devices.
2066 days ago by MicrosoftIcebox Switched to Microsoft Windows CE .NET When Building the Latest Version of its Icebox Kitchen Internet Appliance
Icebox, LLC switched to Microsoft Windows CE .NET from Wind River VxWorks and OpenTV Device Mosaic when building the latest version of its Icebox kitchen Internet appliance. Windows CE .NET offers powerful development tools that enabled Icebox to build, faster and more cost-effectively, a smart device that delivers fast switching among various usage modes, while offering support for the most advanced multimedia and Web technologies-unavailable with Wind River and other competitors.
2066 days ago by MicrosoftHitachi Created the Wearable Internet Appliance, a Small Device With Great Power-Management Capabilities That Delivers a Desktop-Like Viewing Experience
Hitachi engineers had a concept that would help the electronics giant maintain its leadership role - an Internet device that could deliver a big-screen viewing experience from a very small package. Their solution: a head-mounted device with a miniature display that gives the impression of viewing a 13-inch desktop screen at a distance of two feet. To create this innovative device, which gives its users a rich, hands-free, Internet and digital-content browsing experience, Hitachi chose to use the Microsoft Windows CE 3.0 operating system.
3361 days ago by Microsoft
