● Familiar Visual Studio and Expression Blend tools
 

● Silverlight allows developers and UI designers to rapidly create multi-touch user interfaces that are powered by the speed of native code. The UI is separated from the business logic which makes it easy to iterate on device and application UIs without affecting core development tasks.

 

New multi-touch support adds to existing plug-in engine, enabling intuitive, natural input capabilities and gesture-based interactions.

 

Perform multiple actions beyond play, rewind, fast forward, pause, and stop. A new, powerful interface provides better web compatibility for Windows Embedded CE/Compact by supporting media player OCX when browsing sites.

 

● Integrated Flash in browser powers playback of Flash content, and Flash content can be run full-screen without browser UI.

● Customizable UI with Silverlight for Windows Embedded

● Panning and zooming optimized for devices
 

Updated applications for Office and PDF viewing capabilities will enable users of CE/Compact devices to access their important information through devices beyond the phone and the PC.

 

● CE/Compact adds Connection Manager to the end to end connectivity infrastructure

● Enhanced connectivity to other devices, PCs, servers, and services via LAN, Wi-Fi, GPRS, Bluetooth or USB.

Connection Manager provides infrastructure technology to manage multiple network transports on the device. Use Windows Device Stage to allow users to easily transfer media and content between devices and PCs.

 

Enable Windows Embedded CE/Compact-based thin clients to connect, using the latest versions of Windows Server remote computing technologies with the Remote Desktop Protocol.

 

Windows Embedded Compact 2013 is Microsoft’s platform for small-footprint devices that need hard, real-time performance and silicon flexibility with ARM and x86. The operating system helps device manufacturers in the retail, healthcare, and manufacturing industries to bring intelligent systems to market–systems that stand out with attractive, intuitive user experiences, and seamless connections to cloud services. Windows Embedded Compact 2013-based industry devices are a critical part of intelligent system solutions, and are built on tools and technologies that you can trust every step of the way.

 

Windows® Embedded Compact 7 is the next generation of Windows Embedded CE. Device manufacturers can use Microsoft’s familiar tools to build the next generation of embedded devices with attractive, intuitive user interfaces, real browsing using Windows Internet Explorer® with Flash 10.1, and connections to peripherals, Windows PCs, servers, and networks.

 

Designed specifically for embedded developers who need to bring new devices to market quickly and at the lowest possible cost, Windows Embedded CE 6.0 provides a 32–bit native, hard real-time, small footprint operating system, a re-designed kernel, and powerful embedded development tools. CE 6.0 interoperates with industry standards and existing Microsoft desktop and server technologies to help you create differentiated devices for a broad range of device categories, from commercial devices to consumer electronics products