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Windows Mobile is a line of Microsoft operating systems for phones and pocket PCs. It was based on Windows CE and is superseded by Windows Phone 7. The first version in the line is named `Windows CE`, and the last in the line is `Windows Mobile 6.5`.

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Windows Mobile is a line of Microsoft operating systems for phones and pocket PCs. It was preceded by Windows CE and is superseded by Windows Phone 7. The first version in the line is named Pocket PC 2000, and the last in the line is Windows Mobile 6.5.

Major versions of this product line are:

  • Windows CE first shipped in 1996 and is based on the Windows 95 codebase.
  • Pocket PC 2000 released on April 19, 2000 and is based on Windows CE 3.0.
  • Pocket PC 2002 released in October 2001 included smartphone support for the first time and is also based on Windows CE 3.0.
  • Windows Mobile 2003 was released on June 23, 2003 and is based on Windows CE 4.20.
  • Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition, was released on March 24, 2004 and added support for WPA
  • Windows Mobile 5.0 was released on May 9, 2005 and is the earliest editions for which Extended support is available (through 2015).
  • Windows Mobile 6 was released on February 12, 2007 and added storage card encryption capabilities. It is based on Windows CE 5.20
  • Windows Mobile 6.5 was released on May 11, 2009 and is the last in the line.

More detail can be found at the Wikipeida page dedicated to the topic.

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Remote Desktop Mobile mangles barcodes coming from scanner

We have an application here using handhelds to scan barcodes. These handhelds are actually making a remote desktop session towards a server where the application runs. Works fine. Now we have bought some new Motorola MC55's running 'Windows Mobile…
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Cannot get Motorola MC3190 to associate with WiFi access point

Using the Wireless Fusion management tools for the Symbol / Motorola MC3190, we cannot get the handheld to associate to the WiFi access point. Using the Find WLANs feature in the Fusion software, we can see that the device is detecting the access…
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Manage Certificates on 500 Mobile Devices

Is there a tool to facilitate setting up and managing certificates for mobile devices (running Windows Mobile 5) The end goal I have is to have my WCF Services (run on IIS) only trust these certificates. That way I don't have to worry about someone…
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Exchange Activesync - Automatically detecting server settings

When settings up a new mobile device to sync with an exchange server, it seems to prompt for an e-mail address and password and tries to detect the server settings on its own. Is there a protocol that it uses to do this... and if so where can I…
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Terminal services and screen savers

I have a Window Server 2008 R2 server acting as a terminal server for mobile devices running a single application, but I am having issues with the screen saver popping on after ten minutes. Is there a setting in terminal services to make the…
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Reset password on Windows Mobile

I have users using Windows Mobile 6 phones synchronising via Exchange ActiveSync with Exchange 2003. We're planning to make it mandatory for them to have a PIN on the phones, but what do we do if they forget it? Is there a way to reset the password…
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Should I upgrade this Motorola MC5040 from PocketPC 2003 to Windows Mobile?

I have a Motorola MC5040 that was purchased through a liquidator... and we want to use it in our factory to access a simple web-app. So all I really need to do is get it hooked into our WiFi... it connects to the access point, but I cannot get it…
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mobileadmin with exchange 2003

We have several users connected to our exchange server using activesync using a variety of devices. The documentation for mobileadmin appears to indicate that the app should provide a list of active devices somewhere, but i cant seem to find it. …
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Automatically setup Exchange on Windows Mobile 6

First of i know this question kind of both fitt this page and stackoverflow, but il post it here and if a moderator thinks otherwise please tell me il repost it ( If moving is not easy ). My problem is this: We have many different windows mobile…
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Windows Mobile 6.1: Can't access internal site via https

Whe have several Motorola Symbols (don't remember the exact model) running Windows Mobile 6.1 They are used for entering data in the field, and then at the end of shift the employees come in and "sync" them via an application which utilizes web…
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windows mobile 6.1 wlan slow reconnect

We have an app installed on Windows Mobile 6.1, Symbol/Motorola MC5590, which communicates via a WLAN connection. The devices go to sleep after a few minutes, and so does the WLAN. But after getting the device active, it takes at least 7, but often…
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Remote Assistance for mobile users

One of our clients has about 100 users in the field with Windows Mobile 6.5 devices, with another 600 coming online soon that will be running a mix of Windows Mobile 6.5 and Android phones (I'm not sure which version of android, they're rolling them…
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Openfire Client for Windows Mobile

Where can I find an Openfire client that works on Windows Mobile?
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can we install IIS to Windows Mobile 6.1?

can we install IIS to Windows Mobile 6.1 ? As I Have develop a web application in >net and I want to use that same application in Windows Mobile 6.1 ,PDA, as offline application. Ya Surely I will implement that one with Sql server CE but to run it I…
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Windows Mobile application deployment

Ho do you manage deployment of applications (including upgrades) accross your GPRS/EDGE/3G/whatever wireless Windows Mobile PDA/SmartPhones farm ? Up to now, I've always recommended Sparus Everywan manager but we've run into many problems at the…
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