Windows CE Devices May Outsell Windows PCs in 5 Years
Source: Businesswire
Microsoft has made tremendous progress in positioning Windows CE and its derivatives as one or the leading software platform for a large variety of electronic devices including as PDAs, Smartphones, consumer electronics devices and many other information appliances. Most of the devices that are starting to use Windows CE and other software platforms are already in volume production. This means that Windows CE device sales will grow at very high rate as shown in the table below.
Most Windows CE platform competitors only compete in a single or a few product segments. Only software platforms using embedded Linux versions are competing across the board. Even though embedded Linux is behind Windows CE in most segments, the long-term battle will be between these two software platforms. The only exception is handheld device categories where Palm and Symbian are the strongest competitors to Microsoft's Pocket PC.
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