Insight Developing for Mobile Devices

2 Device for voice communication Alexander Graham Bell (1876)

3 Everyday life‘s tools Computer FaxRadio Music player Word processor Credit cards

Windows Mobile Platforms Introduction  Before we look at the process of development, we should look at the platforms themselves >The origins of the Pocket PC and Smartphone >What constitutes state of the art at the moment >What the future holds

Pocket PC  Originally called the “wallet PC”  Launched in 1996 with Version 1.0 of Windows CE  Superseded in the following year with Version 2.0  Initially available in keyboard and keyboard-less versions

Breakthrough Pocket PC: Compaq Ipaq  This was the first device to deliver on performance, display and battery life >120MHz processor >32MB of RAM >Flash ROM >RS232 and IR ports >240x320 TFT colour display

State of the art Pocket PC  Dell Axim V50s >624Mhz Processor >64MB RAM >480x640 colour display >WIFI and Bluetooth >3D Graphics accelerator  Windows Mobile 5  £150 less than the original IPAQ!

Smartphone  In 2001 Microsoft announced that it would be launching a range of Smarpthones (codenamed "Stinger")  The Smartphones would be "Windows based"  The version of Windows in question was Windows CE 3.0  Launched in October 2002 with Orange SPV

Breakthrough Smartphone: SPV E200  First to deliver on performance and battery life: >32MB user memory >Built in Bluetooth support >Built in camera >Smartphone 2003 Operating System >.NET Compact Framework

State of the art Smartphone: SPV C600  Launched in August 2005 >64MB of internal memory >Fast internal processor (200 MHz) >Small form factor >Runs Windows Mobile 5  The Imate SP5 version of this platform also has WIFI

Pocket PC Phone Edition  Combines PDA with phone >Launched in July 2002 >206-MHz Intel StrongArm processor >32MB RAM >Based on Pocket PC 2002

Breakthrough Device: XDA II  Launched in April 2004 >400MHz Processor >128MB RAM >Camera >Bluetooth >Windows Mobile 2003

State of the Phone Edition: XDA IIS  Launched in April 2005 >Integrated Keyboard >Improved performance

Imate Jasjar  First 3G Windows Mobile Device >Branded as Orange M5000 >VGA resolution display (640x480) >WIFI support >Two cameras >Windows Mobile 5.0  A viable desktop alternative

Other devices of note  Palm Treo >First Palm Windows Mobile 5.0 device >Available in USA with broadband network speed >Being positioned as a “Blackberry killer"  Imate JAM >Very small Pocket PC phone edition >New form factor for Pocket PC

The Future…  The development of the devices over the last few years has been amazing  The systems are going to get more powerful and more connected  Location based behaviour is now very easy to implement in systems

Preferred Connections  USB is the most reliable  Bluetooth is the most convenient, but can be problematic to set up and maintain  IRDA works surprisingly well, particularly with notebook and tablet PCs  The serial port connection will require a special cable, and is declining in popularity

Visual Studio 2005  This provides the development environment for the mobile devices  Can create.dll libraries and executables  Produces both managed an unmanaged (native) code  Also supports remote debugging in the target (on both emulator and device)

19 Mobile applications  Banking (check balance, make transaction)  Restaurant (order and payment)  Mobile Payment (ticket, vending machine)  Tourism: tourist guide  Education: mobile learning  Entertainment: interactive digital art  Scientific: controlling and monitoring

20 Advantages of mobile devices  Accessible anywhere, anytime  Conveniently controlling and monitoring  Instant notification  Easy to exchange data and information

21 Challenges  Small screen-size (will remains)  Limited input facilities (will remains?)  Diverse software environments: OS (Symbian, Linux, Windows Mobile), Language (J2ME, BREW, C++)  Limited bandwidth (will be solved): GSM->GPRS->UMTS, CDMA, WiFi