MontaVista Mobilinux 5.0 Webinars
MontaVista(R) Software, Inc. is offering three webinars featuring their new Mobilinux 5.0 operating system (OS). Mobilinux is the industry's most-deployed Linux OS for mobile devices. The 60-minute web seminars have been scheduled at convenient times for developers located in different time zones around the world. All three sessions will be presented live, with time for [...]
LinuxWorld Conference and Expo
LinuxWorld, an event that focuses exclusively on Linux and open source, is scheduled to take place August 6-9, 2007 at the Moscone Center. This year, the conference will feature Developer Days dedicated to Mobile Linux.
LinuxWorld Conference & Expo will be the place to be for attendees to learn about the latest on user interfaces, new [...]
Symbian OS Data
Symbian Limited, the developer and licensor of Symbian OS for advanced data-enabled mobile phones, recently released unaudited financial and operational figures for the quarter ended 31 March 2007. Below are some highlights from their release. [Note: Royalties data include both Symbian OS and UIQ (up to completion of sale of UIQ on 2 February 2007)]
Q1 [...]
Mobile Linux
ABI Research forecasts that by 2012, more than 127 million mobile phones will be enabled with a commercial Linux OS, up from 8.1 million in 2007. In addition, device shipments that incorporate Linux as an RTOS replacement are set to grow to more than 76 million units in 2012, up from nearly zero in 2007.
ABI [...]
Embedded Linux Adoption
According to Venture Development Corporation (VDC), Linux adoption is increasing in embedded system development projects. However, suppliers of branded commercial embedded Linux solutions will continue to be challenged in differentiating their Linux solutions from what is publicly available and demonstrating real value in order to maintain a premium for their products and support.
Some OEMs have [...]
2006 Smartphone Market
According to ABI Research, Nokia still ranks first with a 56.4% share of the 70.9 million units shipped in 2006. Nokia sold 40 million smartphones in 2006, compared to 28.5 million in 2005. Motorola also had a strong 2006 and occupied the second position with 8.5% market share, driven by the success of its Linux-based [...]
Windows Embedded for Point of Service 1.1 Update
Microsoft recently released Windows Embedded for Point of Service 1.1 Update. WEPOS v1.1 Update includes:
Multilingual User Interface Packs (MUIs), providing support for 33 languages (Arabic, Brazilian, Bulgarian, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, [...]
Microsoft Mobile and Embedded DevCon
Microsoft Mobile and Embedded DevCon (MEDC) will take place at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas May 1-3, 2007. Mobile and Embedded DevCon is a global connected community of events focused on collaborative learning, shared knowledge and practical hands-on development featuring more than 130 technical sessions and 70 labs. This annual event is tailored for [...]
MontaVista Linux and Eclipse Webinars
MontaVista Software is offering a free webinar for embedded systems software developers. The online seminar will highlight how Linux and Eclipse have revolutionized the industry, leading to dramatic gains in developer efficiency. The webinar is offered on three separate dates and times to make it convenient for attendees across North America, the United Kingdom, Europe, [...]
TimeSys Embedded Linux Webinars
TimeSys Corporation will be offering four webinars for embedded Linux developers. The online seminars will cover best practices for embedded Linux development through an examination of project risk and the benefits of a common toolset. Other sessions in the series will look at technology choices for developers building devices with a graphical interface and an [...]
Windows CE vs. Windows Mobile - Part Three
Over on Mikehall's Embedded WEblog is another post about the differences between Windows Mobile and Windows Embedded CE. It sounds like there is still confusion about the two RTOS.
In short, Windows Embedded CE is a hard real-time, componentized operating system that can be used to build embedded devices. With Embedded CE, developers can select the [...]
Windows Embedded CE Webcast
Update: They didn't have time to answer all questions during the webinar, so they answered them here.
Microsoft is offering a Windows Embedded webinar on Wednesday, February 28th at 10 am pacific time (1 pm EST). According to the 2003 Embedded Market Forecasters report, nearly a third of final designs fail to meet at least 50% [...]
Windows Mobile 6 Webcast
Microsoft will be holding a Windows Mobile 6 webcast at 9 am Pacific time (GMT - 08:00) on Tuesday, February 13th. Here's are some of the new features in Windows Mobile 6:
Storage Card Encryption, Enforcement and Wipe
Windows Mobile 6 allows users to encrypt the storage card on their device.
Certificates
Users can now add root certificates without [...]
Stand Alone Windows Embedded CE 6.0 Test Kit
Over on Mike Halls' Embedded blog is an announcement on the availability of Windows Embedded CE 6.0 Test Kit as a stand alone download. Testers can now test devices and device images in development without the full Windows Embedded CE 6.0 product.
The Windows Embedded CE 6.0 Test Kit is a collection of tests and tools [...]
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