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Not all Microsoft phones are powered by Windows Mobile : meet Amoi E8 powered by Windows CE .NET August 03, 2005 [General] | By Edward J. R. It is not a secret, that Nokia soon will dump Symbian and port their Series 60, Series 80 and Series 90 software to mobile Linux. The same move already is underway at PalmSource - future PalmOS will be (just?) a layer of applications over mobile Linux operating system. Linux clearly has big future in mobile phone industry, however many contemporary Linux phones can run only 3rd party software in one format: Java - but phones powered by Windows CE can run not only .NET and Java but also native Windows CE applications! Here is Amoi E8 that has been released in China lately:
... and that is powered by Windows CE .NET and since Windows CE .NET is a very powerful operating system (subset of Windows CE .NET is a core of Windows Mobile phones too) and it even has ability to handle mouse and keyboard, also Amoi E80 can handle them:
To learn more about Amoi e8 phone click here (in Chinese). Conclusion: clearly Microsoft has a lot to offer for mobile phone industry - and not only through Windows Mobile but also by providing Windows CE operating system - that is a reliable embedded OS used in many industrial applications and very easily adaptable to various types of platforms:
Yes, Windows CE can run even in regular PC computers - yet another thing, that Symbian can't do....
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