Hi,

Windows Mobile 5 and WinCE 5 have compatible code bases.  However, they are
not the same (though it would be possible for a WinCE 5 device to be built
with the same features as a Windows Mobile 5 device).  Windows CE allows
device manufacturers to customize the platform to deliver whatever features
that manufacturer chooses -- for example, a Windows CE device might or might
not include Word (Windows Mobile 5 devices include Word as a standard
feature).  Often, a WinCe device manufacturer has some specific market in
mind, and includes only those features needed to address that market.  Also,
most WinCE devices may be modified by the user to add additional features
(using Platform Builder), as needed.

Windows Mobile 5 does not expose Windows CE's real-time model.  So, that is
one difference that might have an impact on a design.

I suspect that 99% of all hand-held devices will be Windows Mobile 5, while
some small number of industrial-grade handheld device manufacturers may
choose to employ a Windows CE 5 core to facilitate extension in ways that
might be more difficult or expensive if they used Mobile 5.

All of what I've said here is "my understanding, " and shouldn't be taken as
the final story.  Someone else may have a different take on it.

Dick

Yes, if it is WM 5.0 then it is built on WinCE 5.0

Confusing the Windows Mobile platform with the actual core OS it is built on
is very common. Read all of this in order to gain a better understanding:
http://blogs.msdn.com/marcpe/archive/2005/04/22/410778.aspx

Cheers
Daniel
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