Windows Mobile Development and MEDC 2007 Christopher Fairbairn ARANZ Medical Ltd [email_address]

Agenda Device Platforms Development Tools Platform Constraints MEDC 2007 Summary

Device Platforms

Development Tools

Platform Constraints

MEDC 2007 Summary

The Device Landscape .NET Micro Framework .NET Framework .NET Compact Framework Windows Mobile, Pocket PC, SmartPhone, Windows CE Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows XP Embedded Remote Controls, Wearable Devices, Auxiliary Displays Increasing functionality

Windows Mobile History WinPad and Pulsar projects Pegasus Group formed H/PC reference design Componentised Operating System

WinPad and Pulsar projects

Pegasus Group formed

H/PC reference design

Componentised Operating System

“Raw” Windows CE “ Windows 95” style GUI Customisable Multiple CPU Architectures

“ Windows 95” style GUI

Customisable

Multiple CPU Architectures

Windows Mobile Platform Two main device types Pocket PC Smartphone Typical Specifications Pocket PC 200 – 700 Mhz 32 – 128 MB 128 MB Yes 240 x 320 Smartphone 100 – 300 Mhz 16 - 64 MB 64 MB No 176 x 220 Processor RAM ROM Touch Screen LCD Resolution

Two main device types

Pocket PC

Smartphone

Typical Specifications

Development Environments Visual C++ Visual Basic Scripting Languages Python, Ruby etc .NET Compact Framework C#, VB.NET 80% of functionality in 20% of footprint v3.5 due soon

Visual C++

Visual Basic

Scripting Languages

Python, Ruby etc

.NET Compact Framework

C#, VB.NET

80% of functionality in 20% of footprint

v3.5 due soon

.NET CF – Platform Support Windows CE Windows Mobile XBOX-360 Symbian?

Windows CE

Windows Mobile

XBOX-360

Symbian?

DEMO Visual Studio from a Mobile Perspective

Platform Differences File System User Interface capabilities Memory Constraints Performance constraints

File System

User Interface capabilities

Memory Constraints

Performance constraints

Screen Differences Resolution Orientation Touch Screen Desktop UI designs do not port well

Resolution

Orientation

Touch Screen

Desktop UI designs do not port well

DEMO Introducing the OFone!

MEDC 2007 Mobile and Embedded Developers Conference Happens once a year Las Vegas – May 2007

Mobile and Embedded Developers Conference

Happens once a year

Las Vegas – May 2007

Connected Experiences A network of specialised devices Enhanced UIs (WPF, Silverlight) Web services “ In Japan, PCs are becoming sooo version 1.0”

A network of specialised devices

Enhanced UIs (WPF, Silverlight)

Web services

UMPC / Tablet PC Small form factor Tablet PC Windows XP or Vista 1GHZ X86 CPU Impressive handwriting recognition Document Structure Shape Recognition

Small form factor Tablet PC

Windows XP or Vista

1GHZ X86 CPU

Impressive handwriting recognition

Document Structure

Shape Recognition

.NET Micro Framework .NET CLR for embedded devices Interpreted not JIT Compiled 200 – 500KB of ROM ARM7 or ARM9 Porting kit

.NET CLR for embedded devices

Interpreted not JIT Compiled

200 – 500KB of ROM

ARM7 or ARM9

Porting kit

Geek Fun?!?

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