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Casio goes insane with 2-inch, 960 x 540 pixel LCD {Engadget Mobile}
Sep 25th 2008 6:26PM That's very interesting. Human vision has a real-world limit of about 300 ppi in both the X & Y axis at a standard reading distance. This screen easily exceeds that. I didn't expect this to happen for some time. With any luck they will be able to scale this technology for larger displays.
Where did they get 546 ppi in the original post? I got ~550 ppi (550.7267925 ppi, to be more exact).
Black Friday Giveaways (part 9): AT&T Tilt {Engadget Mobile}
Nov 24th 2007 5:57PM I need one of these so bad!
AT&T snaps up Aloha Partners' wireless spectrum stash {Engadget Mobile}
Oct 9th 2007 11:53AM "covering about 196 people in all"
Did you mean to say "covering about 196 million people in all" instead?
The hundred gadget giveaway, grand prize round: unlocked iPhone (4GB) {Engadget Mobile}
Sep 16th 2007 8:14PM It sure would be sweet
Engadget Mobile relaunch giveaways - T-Mobile Wing {Engadget Mobile}
May 23rd 2007 5:35PM Oh, I need one of these bad. Help out a poor, starving med. student!
T-Mobile rolls out HTC Athena as "Ameo" {Engadget Mobile}
Jan 23rd 2007 4:08PM I really don't like this, I much prefer the attached keyboard of the Universal.
I think HTC made a big mistake with this design.
UTStarcom reveals HTC 6800; Wizard followup will be Herald {Engadget Mobile}
Sep 17th 2006 10:13AM How does the Herald relate to the Hermes (the successor to the Wizard)? Is it the successor to the Hermes, is it the CDMA version of the Hermes for Verizon/Sprint, or did they just rename the Hermes to Herald?
What's in the Engadget swag bag? {Engadget}
May 5th 2006 6:21AM A Toshiba branded ink pen?
Crossbow to be Windows Mobile 6.0? {Engadget Mobile}
Apr 28th 2006 1:55PM Crossbow isn't Windows Mobile 6.0
If you check the PowerPoint that I provided the link for, which is linked in your previous article on Crossbow/Photon, you will see on slide 55 that Windows Mobile 5.0 & Photon are both listed as "Platform RTM", while Crossbow is clearly listed as an "Add-On RTM". Obviously, a new Windows Mobile version release wouldn't be called an "Add-On".
I think its far more likely that Crossbow is going to be "Windows Mobile 5.0 Second Edition (SE)"
Some deets on the future of Windows Mobile laid bare {Engadget Mobile}
Apr 24th 2006 4:03AM The notes from the "Windows Mobile Release Roadmap" slide in the actual PowerPoint file are interesting:
MSFP AKU 2.0 devices in market throughout 2006
Crossbow devices in market throughout 2007
Photon devices in market throughout 2008
AKU 2.0/MSFP: In addition to our major releases, we have also adjusted the schedule for AKU 2.0 and MSFP.
We have high expectations for the release of Windows Mobile 5.0 AKU 2.0 and have received considerable, positive, internal and external feedback on our plans for this release. AKU 2.0 will deliver MSFP which in combination with Exchange Server Service Pack 2 (SP2), provides an enhanced end user messaging experience, better performance, and several key device management capabilities when deploying a mobile messaging solution. The final release of AKU 2.0 is now projected for November 4, 2005. A release candidate is projected to be available on October 14, 2005 to OEMs.
Crossbow Wave: As devices and upgrades featuring Windows Mobile 5.0 Adaptation Kit Update 2.0 (AKU 2.0) with the Messaging and Security Feature Pack (MSFP) become widely available in 1HCY06, a Crossbow release in that same time period decreases Microsofts, OEMs, and mobile operators ability to realize the investment made in devices based on AKU 2.0 with MSFP. Under this consideration, we plan to make Crossbow available to OEMs in Q4 2006, to start the commercialization process. This provides an opportunity for OEMs and Microsoft to market and sell MSFP devices for the majority of the 2006 calendar year, including the Holiday season.
Photon Wave: Photon is a very strategic release for Microsoft. The vision of a unified platform, modular architecture, and a customizable user interface are all focused on enabling our OEMs to deliver a wider range of differentiated products to meet the unique needs of target market segments. As we considered the scope of the Photon release, the Crossbow schedule and goal of the long term roadmap, it was clear that adjusting the Photon schedule was also necessary. We, therefore, plan to make Photon available to OEMs in Q4 2007, to start the commercialization process. This adjustment should help enable OEMs to ship Crossbow devices throughout 2007 and provide necessary time to commercialize Photon devices for a 2008 release. This adjustment should also help enable us to base Photon on the next major release of Windows CE (Yamazaki). Yamazaki will provide an improved kernel, a new security model, and a number of other enhanced features.
Also it appears the AKU3 is not in fact "Crossbow". AKU3 is listed as an "AKU RTM" on the slide, and is shown as dropping sometime in Q2 or Q3 in '06. Crossbow is listed as an "Add-On RTM" and is shown as dropping in Q4 '06.
