Wednesday, January 5, 2005
A History Lesson on Windows CE
Posted by Jason Dunn in "ARTICLE" @ 10:00 PM
"The Microsoft Corporation first released their scaled down version of Windows 95, Windows CE (some say this stands for "Compact Edition" or "Consumer Electronics" although Microsoft dispute this) Version 1 in the November of 1996. It was designed to be user friendly, easy to use and familiar (To users of Windows 95 anyway). To discuss the development of Windows CE we have to look back to the Summer of 1992. The inaugural steps of some of the technologies that would later dominate the Windows CE world can be traced back to 1990, however the initial motions at creating a Mobile Windows device heralded in 1992. The WinPad project was a commitment by Microsoft to change the way users interacted with Windows. The idea was to invigorate innovations by changing the platform by which we were all familiar into something radically different..."
If you're interested in the history of the operating system that the Pocket PC is based on, this is an excellent article to check out.
If you're interested in the history of the operating system that the Pocket PC is based on, this is an excellent article to check out.
