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Windows Mobile Chassis
 May 12, 2009 [General] | By Edward J. R.

So it looks like Microsoft Pink is about Windows Mobile 7 that will unite Zune, Windows Mobile and Microsoft's cloud services and will include also minimal hardware requirements with multi-touch display as one of basic minimum requirements!

Christmas meets Easter and all the dreams come true, including not only multi-touch, but also 3.5 mm headset (!!!) and digital compass:

Windows Mobile 7 Chassis 1 Specification

Core requirements:
  • Processor: ARM v6+, L2 Cache, VFP, Open GL ES 2.0 graphics HW (QCOM 8k, Nvidia AP15/16 and TI 3430 all meet spec)
  • Memory: 256MB+ DRAM, 1G+ Flash (at least 512MB fast flash – 5MB/s unbuffered read @4K block size)
  • Display: WVGA (800×480) or FWVGA (854×480) 3.5” or greater diagonal
  • Touch: Multi-touch required
  • Battery: Sufficient to meet Days of Use LTK requirements.
  • Controls: Start, Back, Send and End are required (soft controls allowed as long as they are always present).
Peripherals:
  • Camera: 3MP+, flash optional, 2nd camera optional (VGA resolution sufficient)
  • GPS: aGPS required
  • Sensors required: Light Sensor, Compass (3 axis, 5 degrees, 100 Hz sample rate), Accelerometer (3 axis, 2mg resolution, 100 Hz sample rate)
  • USB: High speed required, 20 MB/s transfer rate.
  • BlueTooth: BT2.1 required, must run MSFT BT stack, CSR BlueCore6 or later recommended.
  • Wi-Fi: 802.11B/G required, must run MSFT Native Wi-Fi stack, Atheros 6002 or Broadcomm 4325 recommended.
  • Connectors: Micro USB and 3.5mm Audio required.
To learn more, visit original source of this story about Windows Mobile Chassis aka Windows Mobile 7 aka minimal hardware requirements for Windows Mobile 7.

See also Microsoft's job advertisement that mentions Windows Mobile Chassis.

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Commentary: by imposing high-class hardware requirements Microsoft might be able to deliver phones competitive to iPhone, Palm Pre and Google Android - without the need to become itself a hardware manufacturer. While previously people were laughing us out, when we were claiming that multi-touch and 3.5mm stereo miniplug are a must, now it looks like Microsoft shares our opinion...

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