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Why?
• Handheld?
1. Business critical
2. Rugged (What does rugged mean? From a user
perspective, rugged is really just the computer's ability to
keep operating under all exposed working conditions.)
(see 1)
3. Expensive (see 2)
4. Long replacement cycles 6+ years (see 3)
5. Customized and customizable
6. Tightly integrated in business processed and
infrastructure
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What?
• Windows Embedded Handheld 6.5
• Based on Windows CE
• Almost 100% of the market
• Does not support newer hardware especially new mobile
processors
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What?
• Stop gap Window Phone 8
• Big installation, yet still consumer
• Windows Embedded 8 Handheld
• Based on Windows Phone 8
• Much more in line with embedded handheld requirements
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When?
• Windows Embedded 8 Handheld
• 14 December 2013 SDK Available
• 14 January National Retail Federation announcement
• Panasonic also on board
• At Build we heard of Windows Embedded 8.1 Handheld
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How?
• SDK from where?
• Install it
• Development
• Windows.Devices.PointOfService
• PosTestNativeUtils
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Overview of Some Wireless
Technologies (*)
WIRELESS
TECHNOLOGY
OPERATING FREQUENCY DATA RATE OPERATING RANGE
UMTS 900, 1800, 1900 MHz 2 Mbps Wide range
EDGE 900, 1800, 1900 MHz 160 Kbps Wide range
GPRS 900, 1800, 1900 MHz 160 Kbps Wide range
802.16 WiMAX 10–66 GHz 134 Mbps 1–3 miles
802.11b/g WiFi 2.4 GHz 54 Mbps 100 m
802.11a WiFi 5 GHz 54 Mbps 100 m
802.15.1
Bluetooth
2.0 2.4 GHz 3 Mbps 10 m
802.15.4 ZigBee 2.4 GHz 250 Kbps 70 m
NFC 13.56 MHz 106, 212, 424 Kbps 0–4 cm
RFID 125–134 kHz (LF)
13.56 MHz (HF)
400–930 MHz (UF)
2.5 GHz and 5 GHz
(microwave)
1–200 Kbps 20 cm for passive
400 cm for active
(*)Wrox book Professional NFC application development for Android
