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                       September 11, 2003

               by Rick Lehrbaum -- Editor-in-chief

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MICROSOFT WHITEPAPER ON "INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP) SET-TOP BOXES"
This Microsoft whitepaper provides an overview of the market opportunity
and product requirements for Internet Protocol (IP) based TV set-top
boxes, reviews the technology requirements of such devices, and
discusses the suitability of Windows XP Embedded and Windows CE for
various categories of set-top box designs.
Story


NEW DOWNLOADABLE "EVALUATION EDITION" OF WINDOWS CE .NET 4.2
Microsoft has released a new downloadable evaluation version of Windows
CE .NET 4.2, which replaces the earlier Windows CE .NET 4.2 Emulation
Edition.  According to Microsoft, the free, downloadable evaluation
edition of Windows CE .NET 4.2 "allows you to easily access the tools
and board support package applicable to your device design so you can
begin evaluating Windows CE .NET 4.2 today."
Story


VIBREN ANNOUNCES $1.2M WORTH OF EMBEDDED DEVELOPMENT CONTRACTS
Vibren Technologies announced that it has secured more than $1.2 million
in embedded development business opportunities. Vibren said the
agreements with the customers do not allow the customer names to be
disclosed, but that the $1.2M worth of new projects include . . .
Story


HP'S IPAQ POCKET PCS HIT A NEW LOW (PRICE)
HP has added a new low-end member to its iPAQ Pocket PC product family
-- the model h1935, at a suggested retail price of only $199.  The h1935
shares many features with its higher-priced siblings, including the
transflective, backlit color TFT display, an SDIO expansion slot for
Flash storage and peripheral expansion, a removable battery, and HP's
mobile printing software.
Story


XP EMBEDDED AND 1GHZ TRANSMETA CRUSOE POWER HP THIN CLIENT
The HP Compaq t5700 thin client offers an "ultra small design" with
"desktop-like features and performance at compelling prices," according
to HP. Key features of the device include its powerful 1GHz Transmeta
processor, high resolution graphics, 16-bit stereo sound, four USB
ports, and options for wireless networking and external storage and
security devices.  Learn more about the t5700 from this
WindowsForDevices.com "device profile".
Story


REPORT:  CONNECTED PDAS TO OUTNUMBER TRADITIONAL PDAS BY 2006
A new report from analyst firm ABI predicts that the overall PDA market
will grow to $10 billion by 2008, with a major portion derived from
Connected PDAs.  Despite other research to the contrary, ABI believes
the traditional (unconnected) PDA market will experience modest growth
of 8% CAAG through 2008.  The article includes a market forecast chart.
Story


MOTOROLA TEAMS UP WITH MICROSOFT ON SMARTPHONE DESIGNS
The Financial Times reports that Motorola has licensed Microsoft's
Smartphone software platform for use in a new high-end mobile handset to
be developed and manufactured by Motorola, and sold to Orange and others.
Story


IS JAVA LOSING THE "WAR" WITH .NET?
According to a recently published "special report" at Newsfactor.com,
"the battle for the hearts and minds of developers is heating up, with
.NET starting to compete fiercely with Java."
Story


IMPLEMENTING RELIABLE HIGH RESOLUTION SOFTWARE-ONLY WINDOWS CE TIMERS
This MSDN technical article provides guidelines for system developers to
implement rock-solid CE timers on Windows CE platforms using a
software-only solution.
Story


BUILDING AND DEPLOYING XP EMBEDDED IMAGES
This white paper at MSDN provides a collection of documentation that
walks embedded developers through the various steps involved with
building and deploying Windows XP Embedded with Service Pack 1 run-time
images using the Windows Embedded Studio tools.
Story


CREATING A "TINY KERNEL" BASED PLATFORM USING WINDOWS CE .NET 4.2
The Tiny Kernel configuration is targeted to provide functionality for
the smallest possible Windows CE based device. Due to its small size,
the Tiny Kernel configuration is designed for devices that do not
require display capabilities. You can use this configuration to evaluate
Windows CE for resource-constrained target devices with limited
functionality.
Story



OTHER NOTEWORTHY ITEMS FROM THE PAST WEEK . . .

*  Downloadable software supports OSGi-based peer-to-peer resource sharing
   Story

*  Review of Mitac 8380 Smartphone
   Story

*  Programming the Microsoft Game API
   Story

*  Two new books on .NET Framework programming
   Story

*  First ETX SBC with Pentium M processor runs CE, XPe
   Story

*  New low-end PC/104 SBC supports Windows CE
   Story

*  Sharp introduces tiny megapixel digital camera modules
   Story

*  Broadcom unveils "breakthrough" single-chip Wi-Fi solution
   Story


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