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Microsoft rolled out the last edition of its Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3 working program on September 22. The 6.0 R3 release would be the first of all CE variant to incorporate an embedded edition of Silverlight, Microsoft’s Flash competitor. just because Silverlight is in CE six.0 R3 doesn’t mean Silverlight automatically becomes available on Windows Mobile. Silverlight is something Microsoft execs have said repeatedly they are planning to make available on Windows Mobile but so far have not provided a timetable as to when it will happen. Mobile currently is built on top of the Windows CE core. The 6.5 release of Windows Mobile is based on a CE 5.2 core the CE 5.0 kernel, a Microsoft spokesperson said, adding that CE 5.2 is not part of the Windows Embedded CE product family (?). Microsoft officials have declined to say which model of Windows Embedded will be used as the base platform for Windows Mobile 7. In fact, they’ve won’t say definitively that Windows Embedded CE will be the core of that mobile release at all. Microsoft spokesperson sent me the following response when I asked about the significance of today’s announcement from a Silverlight perspective: would be the first of all time Silverlight will be included in Windows CE,windows 7 32 bit, and it is a specialized implementation. It is specific to Windows CE and does not extend to Windows Mobile.” why would a device maker care about the inclusion of Silverlight in CE Embedded? From Microsoft’s press release: Embedded CE six.0 R3 delivers the rich application experiences of Microsoft Silverlight through the innovative Silverlight for Windows Embedded user interface (UI) framework. This assists original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in delivering specialized consumer and enterprise devices with immersive user experiences, animated UIs and seamless connections to the world of Windows 7-based PCs, servers and online services.” made the CE 6.0 R3 announcement at the Embedded Systems Conference in Boston. The company also announced the delivery to OEMs of a few other embedded products: Windows 7 Professional for Embedded Systems,Windows 7 Starter Product Key, Windows 7 Ultimate for Embedded Systems and Windows Server 2008 R2 for Embedded Systems. officials describe the Windows 7 embedded products as “fully functional, license-restricted versions of the Windows 7 desktop operating strategy with full Windows application compatibility intended for use in embedded devices,Windows 7 Ultimate Product Key, including ATMs, kiosks, industrial PCs and medical devices.” Like Windows 7, the new embedded versions include things like multitouch support; DirectAccess and BranchCache networking support; and XP Mode support. new Embedded Server release is for OEMs who want to make Windows Server 2008 R2 the running procedure in software, systems and appliances targeted at the unified messaging, telecommunications, security, medical imaging and industrial automation markets. is working separately on a new version of its Windows Embedded Standard product, codenamed “Quebec,” that is a componentized version of Windows 7. Microsoft released a technology-preview test model of that product,windows 7 64 bit, known officially as Windows Embedded Standard 2011, to testers last month. The last edition is due to be released to manufacturing in the very first half of calendar 2010. also is working on a new model of Embedded CE that is codenamed “Chelan” and is expected to ship in 2010. I’m unclear as to whether the CE six.0 R3 release announced today may be the same thing that is/was codenamed “Cashmere.” That version of Embedded CE was a tentative release due right about now, according to a confidential roadmap slide I saw from Microsoft. It also was slated to include support for FlashLite,Office 2010, not Silverlight, so it’s not 100 percent sure it would be the same product. Via a Microsoft spokesperson. Today’s CE six.0 R3 release is, indeed, Cashmere. are correct - today’s RTM of Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3 would be the same product that was previously code-named Cashmere. This release does support rich in-browser UIs through FlashLite as well. The Silverlight for Windows Embedded UI framework is an out-of-browser, native code implementation of Microsoft Silverlight technology.”