I appreciate what you said George, We'll all keep an optimistic eye open to see how things proceed.
I see there is a preview version of a Phone 7 dev kit based on SilverLight and gaming frameworks but it seems strange to even put this out there. It isn't even clear that user-deployment of applications is in the cards, at least initially. Jailbroken devices don't help much if you planned to target applications to a mass market. But again we'll have to watch for future developments, possibly a more open Phone 7 down the road. This new platform and its tooling don't seem viable for many classes of application. General CE devices may be safe for a while, since both Phone 7 and the dev tools look inappropriate for those markets anyway. There aren't even many non-phone CE/WM-based PDA devices left in the curernt market. No telling what Phone 7 means to those that remain. How are trends looking for NS Basic/Palm? I get the feeling that all of the telephony-based platforms are moving toward a closed model. Android may be all that remains in a few years - if we don't see similar changes before long even there. I'm not dispairing, yet the trends make things look uncertain for ISV and in-house developers in these markets. I have no clue where a hobbyist or solo user-developer will be left when the dust settles. Bob --- In [email protected], "George Henne" <g...@...> wrote: > > 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.
