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Mobile computing has emerged as one of the most prolific ways to make use of the computer in your palm and also when you are away from your office. With Microsoft bringing in continuous innovations in mobile computing through Windows Mobile Phone; it has made huge amount of difference in computing away from your office on a device which is sometimes even smaller than your palm.

Windows Mobile Phone is recognized as one of the best ever mobile computing platforms produced by anybody in the world. It has got maximum number of Windows Mobile Applications available in the world compared to any other mobile operating system. A big developer community exist the world over with expertise in Windows Mobile Solutions and the same is growing in big numbers every day. Microsoft provides Windows Mobile Solutions developer two ways to develop an application on Windows Mobile Phone. You can develop using Managed Code (.Net Compact Framework) and also with Native Code (C++) depending upon the type of application and your specific requirements. Microsoft also provides you an extensive support to write modules in both Managed Code and Native Code and then integrate them together as one Windows Mobile Application.

Windows Mobile Software is easy to install on your Windows Mobile Phone even for a novice user. With Windows Mobile having Touch Screen Pocket PC version the phones has become more user-friendly than ever. Ease of navigation and user-friendly GUI in Windows Mobile Application is credited to the innovation of Touch Screen Pocket PC version of the phone. Windows Mobile Phone also comes in another flavor called Smartphone, in which you can browse your application mainly through Left and Right soft keys using a soft key driven menu. Microsoft launched Smartphones first with Windows Mobile 2003 and it got moderate success, but the Smartphone launched with Windows Mobile 5.0 and Windows Mobile 6.0 have had a great success.



One of the most powerful advantages of Windows Mobile has over other Mobile Operating System users is the vast number of add-on applications, freeware and shareware applications and the applications you can buy or subscribe to with paid option. Such tens of thousands of applications are mushrooming on the mobile marketplace; some of them are boosted with unique and innovative ideas. Microsoft is taking huge initiatives to grow this community with all the new versions of Windows Mobile with the latest version being the best of all as Windows Mobile 6.1. Many OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturer) and Chip Vendors are lining up to get onto Windows Mobile with Operators supporting the initiatives with dynamic applications integrated with your Windows Mobile Phone when you buy an operator specific plan with.

One would be wondering whether Windows Mobile platform is meant only for the Phones. Surprisingly, it is extended to multiple usages and not only restricted to the phone. Windows Mobile PDA and Windows Mobile base Handheld computers are quite popular especially amongst the field executives mainly into sales or customer service. Microsoft started mobile platforms with the popular OS as Win CE or Windows CE and later innovated Windows Mobile platforms. Win CE is highly popular in application areas like Automobile, Set Top Box, IVR etc. Windows CE is widely used in healthcare applications where Microsoft provides 180 days evaluation version of the Win CE source code to the developers to custom build the OS as per the their requirements.

Some of the popular companies who have deployed Win CE and Windows Mobile Platforms to their hardware are HTC, Intermec, Teklogix, Symbol, Motorola, Honeywell to name few. Many of these companies are also making Barcode and RFID enabled Windows Mobile based Handheld computers, which has revolutionized AIDC industry.

With such wide usage of Win CE and Windows Mobile platform, there are so many things you can achieve either as an end user, application developer, OEM or an Operator. Also, there is a huge task force dedicated by Microsoft to boost innovations on Windows Mobile platform. We hope to see lot of new features in mobile computing and Mobility enabled applications in the near future.

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