The Intel Advantage for Windows Powered Mobile Devices

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The Pocket PC platform by Microsoft has evolved- starting from the original Handheld PC to the current Windows* Mobile 2003 (also popularly known as Pocket PC 2003). However, not obvious to many users are the “brains” that power the Pocket PCs they hold in their hands. In this article, I will trace through the different generations of Pocket PCs and the different processors that power them (such as ARM, MIPS, and SH3) to the current Intel XScale® processor. I will talk about the advantages of the Intel XScale processor and briefly discuss the three different families - PXA27x, PXA26x, and PXA255.

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…There are several kinds of mobile devices that run a version of the Windows Mobile operating system that is optimized for memory-constrained devices. The current incarnations of this operating system are descendents of the original Windows CE. Here is a brief historical evolution of Windows CE:
o Microsoft launched the first mobile operating system in 1996, called Windows CE 1.0.
o Microsoft Windows CE 2.0 was released November, 1997.
o Microsoft Windows CE 2.1 was released July, 1998
o Microsoft Windows CE 3.0 was released in 1999.
Various adaptations of Windows CE 3.0 were then used to power a new platform of PDAs, known as the Pocket PC. Here are some of the platforms in the last couple of years:
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