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Microsoft introduces .NET Micro Framework May 16, 2006 [General] | By Edward J. R. Apart from Windows CE 6.0, another major thing introduced at MEDC 2006 by Microsoft was .NET Micro Framework! 
Introducing the Microsoft .NET Micro Framework Platform Using only a few hundred kilobytes of RAM and an inexpensive processor, the Microsoft .NET Micro Framework platform allows developers to build applications for the smallest of devices. These devices are typically constrained by cost, memory, processor, and/or power consumption. This platform is currently used in Smart Watches for MSN Direct, and is planned for Windows Vista SideShow displays, as well as an upcoming version of Microsoft TV Foundation Edition. Microsoft first publicly announced its Smart Personal Objects Technology (SPOT) initiative more than three years ago with the introduction of the MSN Direct Smart Watch, which uses the .NET Micro Framework Platform. This work required a reasonably rich graphical application support on a very inexpensive and power-efficient hardware, but did not require all the features of the existing Microsoft platforms like Microsoft Windows CE. The result is the .NET Micro Framework. The .NET Micro Framework is a natural extension of our embedded offerings and provides an easy-to-use solution for developers. Though it is used on very small devices, the .NET Micro Framework is a managed code environment bringing the efficiency and reliability to the embedded space that managed code provides. In addition, the platform is fully integrated with the Microsoft Visual Studio, allowing for development using familiar tools even when debugging code running on the target device. In this way, the .NET Micro Framework extends the Microsoft embedded story to a new set of smaller devices. To learn more or to request more information from Microsoft about .NET Micro Framework (.NET MF) click here. While release of .NET CF is not directly relevant to Windows Mobile, because it has a bigger version of .NET embedded: .NET Compact Framework, it may be interesting to see that Microsoft is at last opening up for programmers and developers also smaller mobile devices like SPOT watches! Please note, that regular PC computers and servers powered by Windows have .NET Framework (full version) and there is also open source implementation of .NET framework called "Mono" (which is also used by popular "Second Life" virtual reality environment). Unfortunately (or fortunately for Windows Mobile phones!) Microsoft is preventing official porting of .NET framework to Symbian (and mobile Linux), so the only mobile phones with native support for .NET framework are Windows Mobile phones! In other words: Symbian phones can only run Java - as far as managed code is concerned, but Windows Mobile phones can run both Java (through JVM that is very often included by distributors and operators) and .NET (that is embedded in each Windows Mobile device)!  Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later) [ 1 Comment ]
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