I agree - so far, it is not looking good for any existing Windows Mobile app. They will not run on Windows 7 Phone, nor will they qualify for the store.
NS Basic/CE is a Windows 32 app. We've run on just about every Windows CE device produced since 1998. It looks like Microsoft is set to break all backwards capability in the new release, including for us. Here are a few notes: - The new devices won't be ready till the end of the year. Window Mobile 6.5 will continue to be the only version in 2010. - It seems that Windows Mobile 6.5 will continue to exist on some devices, perhaps under a different name, after 2010. There are many large corporations with existing software that will be better served by that instead of the consumer oriented Windows 7 Phone. - Windows 7 devices will still be running Windows CE. Anybody want to bet how soon the first jailbreak will appear? Microsoft is playing catch up. They scrapped their original plans for Windows 7 Phone a year ago and started again from scratch with a mostly new team. It could be that some of the restrictions are based on what was practical to deliver in a tight time frame, rather than wanting to have the restrictions. Many of the questions that Microsoft has been asked have been answered "Not at this time." Remember that it took a year after the iPhone's release for a native dev kit to be released; Palm's WebOS also had a delay before a (partial) native dev kit was released. We are watching the developments closely. Windows CE and Windows Mobile have been a key part of our business for many years: many of you are like family now. We'll do what we can to continue with NS Basic/CE. George Henne NS BASIC Corporation >I had been heartened by early information the CE still lives under the >skin of the new Phone 7 platform. However Simon Judge gives a 50,000 >foot view of what was revealed at MIX 2010. It doesn't look pretty: > >http://mobilephonedevelopment.com/archives/1002 > >Ouch. Ouch. This appears to stymie us at every turn. > >Where do we go now? While these devices probably won't be in consumers' >hands until late 2010 or early 2011 it feels like a dark day already. > >Surely somebody else can show us how things aren't as bad as they appear? > > > >------------------------------------ > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nsb-ce" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nsb-ce?hl=en.
