All you wanted to know but were afraid to ask about Smartphone 2003 operating system
October 10, 2003 [MS Smartphone] | By anonymous 1.
Microsoft smartphones, that are currently available on the market are running "Smartphone 2002" operating system, but already next month (November 2003) first smartphones powered by new version of this system - "Smartphone 2003" will be released.
This new system brings many improvements and it is worth knowing already now, while taking buying decisions, what improvements are these! We provide hereby the latest information from Microsoft about list of features of Smartphone 2003 operating system.
For some people these improvements may seem insignificant (in this case buying Smartphone 2002 powered phone is enough), but for others they may be simply critical (in this case one should wait for the phone that is powered by Smartphone 2003 or that is guaranteed to be upgradable to this new system).
Top ten improvements in Smartphone 2003 operating system:
- .NET Compact Framework (this is nothing but revolution; many new fantastic
programs can be executed thanks to it; it is built-in into operating system)
- MMS client (yes, we couldnīt believe it too, but it is truth; no need to use
third-party software, it is built-in)
- New Pocket Internet Explorer
- WAP 2.0, xHTML, HTML 4.0, CSS
- 14 New Languages
- Eastern Europe, Japanese, Chinese, Nordic
- Enhanced cellular support
- Always on, ALS VM Indicator, SIM Management, Line 2 PIN, USSD 2, AoC
- Bluetooth support (native API for programming of Bluetooth applications included)
- More customization and extensions
- Always Up-to-date Outlook
- Windows Media Player 9
- Pluggable codecs, WMA ring tones
- NAND support
Smartphone software platform (new features in Smartphone 2003 marked by
green color)
- Strong wireles infrastructure
- Radio abstraction layer
- Wireless integrated applications
- Remote management
- Single interface for developers
- UI focus: be a great phone
- Simple, one-handed use
- Multi-lingual
- Personalization and UI customization
- Menu and phone extensibility
- Smartphone platform
- Windows CE 4.2 (previously: Windows CE 3.0)
- .NET Compact Framework (revolution!)
- NAND suport
- GSM/GPRS, CDMA/1x RTT, Bluetooth
- IPv6, PPTP, L2TP
VPN
Microsoft Smartphone pre-installed applications (new features in Smartphone 2003 marked by
green color)
- Pocket Outlook
- Inbox, Contacts, Calendar, Tasks
- MMS, Multiple E-mail accounts
- SIM contacts management
- ActiveSync
- Server and desktop sync
- Push notifications
- Internet Explorer
- xHMTL, HTML 4.0, WAP 2.0, cHTML
- XML, CSS, JScript 5.5, IPv6
- Animated GIFs
- MSN Messenger
- Windows Media Player 9
- Streaming and local
- Audio and video
- WMA Ring tones
- Pluggable codecs (no need to download
separate video/audio player - after installation of the new codec files, new formats
can be played with the pre-installed Windows Media player)
- Games
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