Okay, I may have gotten in over my head here... I bought a
http://www.miogps.com/US/products_p550_features.htm#1

Now I need to identify WHERE and what software *I* can run on this
device... everything I seem to search for points towards PocketPC stuff, but
then mentions MIPS, and ARM and For use with Windows CE. Is Windows Mobile
5.0 just another version of Windows CE?

Thanks in Advance.

WOW - looks good - how much was this???

Yes, Windows Mobile 5 is the latest (well not including WM6) OS for Pocket
PCs. The OS used to be called Windows CE - I used to know what CE stood for
, but that was a few days back.

so most applications designed for the Pocket PC should work on this device.

Does the GPS work well ?

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"Laura" <nickyrooke48@comcast.net> wrote in message
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Was $399 from a local retailer, but I am planning on testing it out fully
before deciding on keeping the device or not.

I can apparently get it on-line for less, but I like brick and Motar and
thier known return policies.


The GPS worked very well getting me home from the store, was pretty easy
to set up, and also did re-calculate on the fly.

That's sort of true, but not really. The operating system actually *is*
Windows CE (still and for the foreseeable future). Windows Mobile builds on
top of Windows CE with various operating system level items, drivers and
capabilities, as well as the shell, which includes the Today screen. As for
what CE stood for...nothing, officially.

Since the device actually *is* a Pocket PC, Pocket PC software for Windows
Mobile 5 will run on it. There might be some Pocket PC 2003 and earlier
programs that would not work with it, and Windows Mobile 6 software might
not work on it. I'd guess that 80% of the Pocket PC software out there
should work, though.

MIPS and ARM are both processor architectures, in the same way x86 is what
your desktop PC is. If this is a Windows Mobile 5 device, it *must by
definition* run an ARM processor, so anything talking about MIPS won't work
(and neither will anything designed for x86 or SH), but ARM is what it has.

Paul T.

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On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 06:03:14 -0700, "Laura" <nickyrooke48@comcast.net>
wrote:

To be a bit fussy and technical:

Pocket PC is a platform based on the Windows CE operating system. In
Microsoft-speak, a platform combines hardware specification plus
operating system with tweaks plus applications. Windows Mobile 5 and
Windows Mobile 6 are both based on version 5 of the Windows CE
operating system.

Also, I _think_ "CE" had an official meaning when it first came out
(around 1995), but now officially has _no_ meaning.

Starting with Pocket PC 2002 (which came out in 2002), Microsoft has
decreed that all Pocket PCs, and now all Windows Mobile devices shall
run on ARM-compatible CPUs.

Software written for older versions of a platform (Pocket PC 2003 vs
Windows Mobile 5 for Pocket PC) may well run on newer versions of the
platform. Software written for newer versions is not likely to work on
older versions.

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CE = Compact Edition

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On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:27:27 -0500, "Benedictum" <dominus@vobis.com>
wrote:

NO! See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q166915/

For a bit of amusement, see a 25-30 Oct 2001 thread called "What does
the CE stand for in Windows CE?" in this newsgroup.


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