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Rich Frantz

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Feb 23, 2010, 8:30:04 PM2/23/10
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Ok, so the details on this new platform are leaking out fast an
furious. Where does this leave PK as backwards compatability is out
the window?

Is PK at an end?

Rich Frantz

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Mar 1, 2010, 11:37:08 AM3/1/10
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Here's a little reading. WM 6.5.3 will be the last version.

http://apcmag.com/microsoft-no-windows-phone-7-upgrade-for-windows-mobile-6x-devices.htm

Rich Frantz

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Mar 5, 2010, 9:34:14 AM3/5/10
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> http://apcmag.com/microsoft-no-windows-phone-7-upgrade-for-windows-mo...

Just to prove I can keep a thread going all by myself, if this proves
true, PK is dead. Unless of course Sybase(Reed) has something to
share.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10464294-56.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0

Mike T

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Mar 7, 2010, 3:19:40 PM3/7/10
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It dosn't seem to be all gloom.

The article reads "Microsoft says it will not abandon the current
Windows Mobile 6.x platform once Windows Phone 7 arrives. The OS will
be rebranded as Windows Phone Classic and retained for budget-minded
smartphone buyers as well as business customers with 6.x-based apps.

“We think there are people who will want 6.5, and the 6.x platform has
a lot of enterprise and line of business apps” Kwan says."

So we ain't dead yet.

The apps I've written work best with unit's such as the Symbol MC50
and I would be surprised if they upgraded to another OS for the unit.

Mike

> http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10464294-56.html?tag=newsEditorsPic...

Rich Frantz

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Mar 9, 2010, 3:22:15 PM3/9/10
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Not immediately abandon it, but they did make clear (at least to me)
that 6.5.3 is the end of the line. So without a way to get to 7 except
for a complete rewrite, PK as it stands today is probably only as
viable as 6.5.3 is.

That being said, the .NETification of PB with the 12 release,
hopefully lays the groundwork for Silverlight inclusion. Now, I've not
used Visual Studio, but I am pretty sure it does mobile development,
so, with PB using the isolated shell, maybe PK will roll into PB in
later releases (which hopefully include SL).

All we know for sure, is we'll have to wait and see.

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