Posts Tagged ‘Windows Mobile 7’

One last goody for any of you image collectors out there before I go to bed; one of these presentations I’m not making available had a really humongous version of the mock-up UI phone in the roadmap in this post. Check it out (click for full-resolution):

-Stephen
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I’ve been itching to post this content for MONTHS and now I’m finally able to. Back in August of 2008, the U.S. Department of Defense (U.S. DoD) had a little one-day event titled, “Defense 2.0: Transforming DoD Through the New Paradigm of IT.” As I browsed through the event page, I noticed a presentation given by Lewis Shepherd, Chief Technology Officer, Microsoft Institute for Advanced Technology in Governments. There are two slides of interest, so I’ll start with the first one pertaining to Windows Mobile 7 (click for larger image):

Notice how some of the text blends in with the larger white cloud clip art such that you can’t read it? Not exactly awesome for you, the reader, is it? Adobe Acrobat Reader didn’t help and Foxit PDF Editor was only good for showing me that I would essentially have to recreate the whole freakin’ slide to make it viewable, so I’m extremely happy that I’ve just run across the exact same slide in a Powerpoint presentation! Yay for Powerpoint! That being said, here’s a much prettier and more informative version of the slide (click for larger image):

(SIPRNET = Secret Internet Protocol Router Network)

Though the slide is fairly self-explanatory, the finer details of the clouds present on either side of the DMZ are of particular interest: MashupOS. What is MashupOS? Well, before we delve into that, let’s learn what a, “mashup” is (via wikipedia, since they have a great definition and example):

Mashup (web application hybrid): “In web development, a mashup is a Web application that combines data or functionality from two or more sources into a single integrated application. The term mashup implies easy, fast integration, frequently done by access to open APIs and data sources to produce results that were not the original reason for producing the raw source data. An example of a mashup is the use of cartographic data from Google Maps to add location information to real estate data, thereby creating a new and distinct Web service that was not originally provided by either source.”

Now that you are familiar with what a, “mashup” (say that word over and over to yourself… it starts to sound weird, trust me, lol) is, MashupOS is when you h4x0r a bunch of different operating systems rafh4x-style and mash up (get it?) all their components to formulate something… well, mashed up, I suppose (and, no, I won’t be quitting my day job, *sigh*). Only kidding. In all seriousness, though, MashupOS is, “a set of abstractions that isolate mutually-untrusting web services within the browser, while allowing safe forms of communication” being developed by Microsoft Research. Just to be clear for those of you who aren’t sure, it’s not an OS in the vein of Windows or Singularity/Midori. With that being said, here is the second slide of interest from Mr. Shepard’s presentation:

Now, I’m not sure how much of the aforementioned information is relevant under the hood of Windows Mobile 6.5, but in tandem with MashupOS, Windows Mobile 7 looks to be the major bet Microsoft is making in regards to secure government communications.

Resources:

1 – Lewis Shepherd’s, “Defense 2.0″ Presentation: Click Here
2 – Microsoft Research’s MashupOS (Link 1): Click Here
3 – Microsoft Research’s MashupOS (Link 2): Click Here

And if you’re interested in really digging in further with MashupOS, try utilizing Google via a custom query I’ve set up for you here. There is much more in-depth information regarding it than the scope of this article entails.

-Stephen

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Another day, another roadmap. Here, we have a roadmap with dates pertaining to Windows Mobile RTT (released to testers) – not device to market dates. This roadmap comes from a Windows Mobile 6.5 presentation given a week and a half ago, so this is about as current as it gets – though the information isn’t as specific as other WM7 information I recently dug up. Another point of mention is the picture inclusion of a phone using the Organic User Interface we’ve seen in some of those conceptual Microsoft videos. Regardless, here’s the roadmap:

-Stephen

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(An edit with a link to the slide has been included at the bottom of this post)

Last month, a presentation was given somewhere in Danmark regarding Windows Mobile. It’s Danish, so I had to hit up Google translate just to see what it was all about. The only thing that is really of interest is the last slide concerning Windows Mobile 7, which essentially serves to reinforce details previously noted by MJ Foley back in February:

WM7 Software Release: November 2009
WM7 Device Release: April 2010

Below the slide, there were a couple of intriguing notes regarding Windows 7 containing FOTA (Firmware Over-The-Air) and the future of Windows Mobile possibly containing, “location-based services” (whatever that refers to; it would’ve been nice to have actually attended the presentation). Here’s a screenshot of the slide:

Speaking of FOTA, it appears there was a job posting on Microsoft’s site last month hinting at its inclusion in WM7. So, overall, nothing really groundbreaking here; just a bit of confirmation to add to the speculation. =)

-Stephen

EDIT: The validity of this slide has been contested by a number of people, so here’s the link to the presentation: PROVE IT, STEPHEN!

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In my never-ending quest for Office 14 information, I’ve run across yet another roadmap. From November 2008, this one seems to line up Office 14 as being wrapped up in 2009 since there’s no mention of it in “Future”. Curiously, Windows 7 is showing up as “Future” instead of CY2009, so this is either a slightly dated roadmap or perhaps Microsoft just played it safe in this one by not making any guarantees of a 2009 release. Then again, Azure is mentioned and that was only made public 3 months ago, so I don’t see this as being too terribly dated of a roadmap.

Also of note are the references to Windows Mobile 7 and its beta. Apparently, Microsoft isn’t going to guarantee a 2009 release for it, either. Have a look-see:

-Stephen