The Today Screen, later called the Home Screen, shows the current date, owner information, upcoming appointments, e-mails, and tasks. The user interface changed dramatically between versions, only retaining similar functionality. This allows OEMs to integrate a variety of modems into their equipment. The Radio Interface Layer provides the system interface between the Cell Core layer within the Windows Mobile OS and the radio protocol stack used by the wireless modem hardware. Most devices with mobile connectivity also have a Radio Interface Layer. Windows Mobile supports virtual private networking over PPTP protocol. Internet Connection Sharing, supported on compatible devices, allows the phone to share its Internet connection with computers via USB and Bluetooth. The mobile version of Microsoft Office is the default office suite. Internet Explorer Mobile is the default web browser, and Windows Media Player is the default media player used for playing digital media. Similarly to its desktop counterpart, it comes bundled with a set of applications that perform basic tasks. Most versions of Windows Mobile have a standard set of features, such as multitasking and the ability to navigate a file system similar to that of Windows 9x and Windows NT, including support for many of the same file types. After this, Microsoft ceased development on Windows Mobile in order to concentrate on Windows Phone. The last version of Windows Mobile, released after the announcement of Windows Phone, was 6.5.5. Windows Phone is incompatible with Windows Mobile devices and software. As a result, Windows Mobile has been deprecated. By February 2010, Microsoft announced Windows Phone to supersede Windows Mobile with a more modern take on the industry. When initially released in the mid-2000s, it was to be the portable equivalent of what Windows desktop OS was: a major force in the then-emerging mobile/portable areas.įollowing the rise of newer smartphone OSs ( iOS and Android) Windows Mobile never equalled the success and faded rapidly in the following years. It was renamed "Windows Mobile" in 2003, at which point it came in several versions (similar to the desktop versions of Windows) and was aimed at business and enterprise consumers. Its origin dated back to Windows CE in 1996, though Windows Mobile itself first appeared in 2000 as Pocket PC 2000 which ran on Pocket PC PDAs. Windows Mobile is a discontinued family of mobile operating systems developed by Microsoft for smartphones and personal digital assistants.
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