Windows Mobile 2003
Version of the Closed source | |
Released to manufacturing | June 23, 2003 |
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Preceded by | Windows XP |
Succeeded by | Windows 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]
- Enhanced Pocket Outlook with vCardand vCal support
- Improved Pocket Internet Explorer
- SMSreply options for Phone Edition.
See also
- Pocket PC 2000 – Version of the Windows Mobile operating system
- Pocket PC 2002 – Version of Windows Mobile, released in 2001
- Windows Mobile 5.0 – Version of Windows Mobile, released in 2005
- Windows Mobile 6.0 – Discontinued mobile operating system by Microsoft
- Windows Mobile 6.1 – Discontinued mobile operating system by Microsoft
- Windows Mobile 6.5 – Mobile operating system by Microsoft
References
- ^ a b "Windows Mobile 2003". Microsoft Product Lifecycle. Microsoft Docs. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
- ^ De Herrera, Chris. "Windows CE/Windows Mobile Versions". pocketpcfaq.com. Retrieved September 6, 2007.
- ^ De Herrera, Chris. "Windows Mobile 2003". Pocket PC Magazine. Archived from the original on September 14, 2007. Retrieved September 14, 2007.