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Microsoft has a tradition. Every year (for three consecutive years), in the middle of October, the company gathers a small circle of people whose names are known in the world of mobile electronics and with whose opinion counts for little-known conference Mobius. The Conference is not widely advertised, as Mobius - a such a humble cabal, it is not characteristic of a very sweeping PR-style Microsoft. Arrives mainly to talk, discuss plans, perspectives, exchange views. In the evening the second day saw even Bill Gates and his wife, but in round table discussions, he did not participate. Conference and remained in the shadow of the remaining events of the world of portable electronics and wireless communications (HPC.ru, at least, of it would not be writing), if not "glands." It turns out that at this conference, many companies show the most fresh and interesting new items, one way or another connected with Microsoft. DAT Group company showed a solution that will allow owners of smartphones based on Smartphone 2002 to obtain information and download software for wireless data networks. Each user can select the appropriate zasttavku, ringtone, logo, and many others and send it to your phone as SMS. All at once established itself and begins to work. Beauty!
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| Buying a mobile software online |
Company Digital Concepts boasts several fun toys for both Pocket PC in its pure form, as well as for Windows Smartphone 2002, which in absentia (in the sale of such devices yet) is gaining popularity. Present ponaslazhdalis game Motocross Stunt Racer, "outstanding" on a Pocket PC around 70 frames per second, and then the lead developer of Douglas Beck (Douglas Beck) told by how easy it is to port games for Pocket PC 2002 for Smartphone 2002. This simplicity is encouraging - users of new smart phones will not go without toys, and other applications.
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| Motocross on the Pocket PC |
Next, "made" the company E-Beam. It makes things that much, even privy to the computer with wisdom, like to call "magic." For example, on Mobius'e E-Beam shows a device that allows you to use ordinary whiteboard pens to as the universal tablet. You draw on this board, and the device recognizes the image and can wirelessly (via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi) to forward it on any computer - desktop or PDA.
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| E-Beam System 3 |
Goju Beth (Beth Goza), representing the forum Microsoft, showed the famous toy Tomb Raider - a version for Pocket PC, as well as program Nevo, one that is installed on the new Hewlett Packard iPaq 3900 and can use them as a universal remote control technology throughout the house. Then he showed his ViewSonic Pocket PC 2002 V35 - the most compact to date Pocket PC, equipped with a "full" 64 MB of RAM and processor XScale. And the retail price of cars to make $ 299. Palm'u poosterechsya is such a competitor! In addition, company representatives told us that three of the parrot - the famous logo ViewSonic - could be fish, the leadership vacillated between two options. Milo.
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| ViewSonic V35 (left) and T-Mobile Pocket PC Phone Edition |
After reports of Microsoft's future development platforms Pocket PC, Smartphone, Tablet PC (such companies as Adobe, Correl, SAP, Webex, Autodesk and others are already working to create applications poodderzhivayuschih "digital ink") and MIRA (intelligent wireless displays based on Windows CE.NET), guests were led into the shop of the company for the employees and allowed to spend $ 60. Participants in the way, much delighted, because in this store everything is very cheap - for example, Microsoft Office XP something around $ 10 games for the XBox for $ 15. They knew they had, how much is Microsoft Office XP about Moscow's subway stations ...
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| Microsoft tells Phone Edition |
Then there was the least interesting excursion into what is called the Microsoft consumer experience - in fact, electronic house, "stuffed" by various devices with Microsoft inside: XBox'ami, wireless networks based on 802.11x, Tablet PC (Pocket PC), intellektualnymi displays MIRA, PDAs, etc. As in the catalogs IKEA, it all apart, connected and operating as a real house. The second day of the forum in terms of "pockets" was visiting a diner otmesen Burger King, where the waiters are working with iPaq'ami with wireless connectivity. But in this day forum members have seen Bill Gates. In the center of entertainment Seattle Gameworks, where he spent time "high" elite of the city, the couple appeared Gates - Bill and Melinda. On the way to the table, Bill Gates, according to prisutstvovashih, happy glance round eight typewriters Pocket PC Phohe Editionv hands with visitors Mobius. However, soon the mood at Gate deteriorated. Ey had to check on his old restaurant law: no matter how much you know, smart, successful and rich - the service is still trouble. Bill and Melinda did not wait for the waiter and left.
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| Gameworks. Here goes Bill Gates |
One participant Mobius said: "Naturally, we immediately went out and in turn sat on a chair, from which arose, Mr. Gates!". Indeed, the holy place is never empty :-) Well, pleased to note that the interest in mobile development is even "a summit" Microsoft, and as a whole giant computer industry pays much attention to PDAs and similar things. Well to similar events held in our country. Sources, Materials: