- Not to be confused with Windows CE 5.0.
Windows Mobile 5.0 (codenamed "Magneto") is an iteration of the Windows Mobile operating system developed by Microsoft. It was released on May 9, 2005, at Microsoft's Mobile and Embedded Developers Conference 2005 in Las Vegas, which took place from May 9 to 12 that year. Microsoft offered mainstream support for Windows Mobile 5 through October 12, 2010, and extended support through October 13, 2015. It was first offered on the Dell Axim x51.
It used the .NET Compact Framework 1.0 SP3, an environment for programs based on .NET. Windows Mobile 5.0 included Microsoft Exchange Server "push" functionality improvements that worked with Exchange 2003 SP2. The "push" functionality also required vendor/device support. With AKU2 software upgrades, all WM 5.0 devices supported Direct Push.
Features
Windows Mobile 5.0 featured increased battery life due to Persistent storage capability. Previously, up to 50% (enough for 72 hours of storage) of battery power was reserved just to maintain data in volatile RAM. This continued the trend of Windows-based devices moving from using RAM as their primary storage medium to the use of a combination of RAM and flash memory (in use, no distinction between the two is obvious to users). Programs and frequently accessed data run in RAM, while most storage is in flash memory. The OS seamlessly moves data between the two as needed. Everything is backed up in the flash memory, so unlike prior devices, Windows Mobile 5.0 devices lose no data if power is lost. New to Windows Mobile 5.0, OS updates were released as Adaptation Kit upgrades, with AKU 3.5 being the final release.
A new version of Microsoft Office was bundled called "Microsoft Office Mobile". It includes PowerPoint Mobile, Excel Mobile with graphing capability, and Word Mobile with the ability to insert tables and graphics. Media management and playback was enhanced with Picture and Video package, which converged the management of videos and pictures and Windows Media Player 10 Mobile.
Among the new hardware features were enhanced Bluetooth support, default QWERTY keyboard support, and a management interface for the Global Positioning System (GPS). Improvements were made to ActiveSync 4.2 with a 15% increase in synchronization speed.
Business customers benefited from a new error reporting facility similar to that present in desktop and server Windows systems. Caller ID now supports photos, allowing users to apply an image to each contact to indicate when a call is received.
DirectShow was also natively added. Windows Mobile 5.0 was the first to include DirectDraw with hardware acceleration, replacing the deprecated graphics component of GAPI, and Pocket MSN can be viewed directly from the Today Screen.
Requirements
Windows Mobile 5.0 requires at least 64MB of RAM, and the device must run an ARM-compatible processor such as the Intel XScale or the Samsung and Texas Instruments ARM compatibles.
Applications
External links
- Windows Mobile 5.0 at Microsoft (archived 2005-06-30)
- Windows Mobile 5.0 vs Windows CE 5.0 - Same thing? at Microsoft Developer Network (2006-03-25)
- Windows Mobile 5.0 at Wikipedia
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