Windows Mobile 2003

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Windows Mobile 2003
Version of the
Closed source
Released to
manufacturing
June 23, 2003; 20 years ago (2003-06-23)
Preceded byWindows XP
Succeeded byWindows 7
Support status
Mainstream support: Ended on July 14, 2009[1] Extended support: Ended on July 8, 2014[1]

Windows Mobile 2003, originally codenamed "Ozone",

Windows CE
4.20.

Editions

Windows Mobile 2003 came in four editions:

  • Windows Mobile 2003 for Pocket PC Premium Edition
  • Windows Mobile 2003 for Pocket PC Professional Edition: Used in Pocket PC budget models and lacked a number of features from the Premium Edition such as a client for L2TP/IPsec VPN.
  • Windows Mobile 2003 for Smartphones
  • Windows Mobile 2003 for Pocket PC Phone Edition: Designed especially for Pocket PCs which include phone functionality.

Features

The communications interface was enhanced with

headset
support and support for Bluetooth add-on keyboards.

A pictures application with viewing, cropping, e-mail, and beaming support was added.

Multimedia improvements included

MIDI file support as ringtones in Phone Edition and Windows Media Player
9.0 with streaming optimization.

A puzzle game titled Jawbreaker was among the pre-installed programs. Games API was included with this release to facilitate the development of games for the platform.

Other features/built-in applications included:[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Windows Mobile 2003". Microsoft Product Lifecycle. Microsoft Docs. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
  2. ^ De Herrera, Chris. "Windows CE/Windows Mobile Versions". pocketpcfaq.com. Retrieved September 6, 2007.
  3. ^ De Herrera, Chris. "Windows Mobile 2003". Pocket PC Magazine. Archived from the original on September 14, 2007. Retrieved September 14, 2007.