is there a windows mobile emulator for the pc ?

09-23-05, 08:45 PM

I am forced to sell my X50v on ebay in order to buy an HP that is compatible with the auto diagnostic software that I purchased.

But there is some other software that I would like to test and experiment with.

Is there a such thing as an emulator or whatever that I can run on the PC so that I can simulate a pocketpc until I get this one sold and obtain a new one ?

Thanks
Tony

09-24-05, 12:45 AM

Hmmm I think so, but I'm not sure where you would go about getting it...

vt1905 · 09-24-05, 01:04 AM

Originally Posted by tonyvr4

I am forced to sell my X50v on ebay in order to buy an HP that is compatible with the auto diagnostic software that I purchased.

But there is some other software that I would like to test and experiment with.

Is there a such thing as an emulator or whatever that I can run on the PC so that I can simulate a pocketpc until I get this one sold and obtain a new one ?

Thanks
Tony

I remember site Admin Chris using a WM 5.0 emulator. So, there's gotta be one out there but I don't know how well it is available to the public. It might be just for the developers.

silentknight · 09-24-05, 01:07 AM

There is an emulator but its not what you think it is...
It only runs software compiled for x86 processors.

So you cant just download a program for PPC's and run them on the emulator, because they are compiled for ARM processors.

Developers can compile to x86 to test on the emulator, then when they release a public download, they compile for ARM or what ever processor they are developing for..

09-24-05, 11:45 AM

Oh well, at least now I know what an emulator is.

I guess there is no way to try software until I sell my x50v and then buy a new pocketpc ?

Thanks
Tony

kilthro · 09-24-05, 11:57 AM

Well, there are emulators out there. I have not done an extensive search on it but microsoft has emulator images that you can install so this way you can test new apps or whatever.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en
If you search in google you may find more of what you are looking for.

09-24-05, 12:58 PM

Microsoft has a free emulator that can run pocketpc and smartphone versions of WM2003se and WM5 and can run the same application you download. It will work with activesync and also treat a folder on your computer as a storagecard, which makes installing applications easy.

Just more about it in this thread: http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/t...TOPIC_ID=37325

perdurabo · 09-24-05, 01:21 PM

I must respectfully say that poster #4 is incorrect. The Pocket PC 2003 SDK contains an emulator that runs default ARM-based PPC apps on your x86 box. In non-nerd terms, this means you can download PPC apps and run them on a Windows Mobile 2003 emulator as-is.

Setup for this is a pain in the ass, so you might wanna take a look at that gpspassions link the other replier posted. Supposedly, that is a lot easier to get up and running.

But in short, yes, there's a solution for what you're looking for, play around.

I used the emulators to start .NET CF and eC++ coding while I was waiting for my Axim and Audiovox 5600 to arrive from a won ebay auction :-D

I didn't even have the devices yet, and I was already coding and testing them on the emulators. When my devices arrived, I copied the programs to the devices and they ran perfectly.

kevink1 · 09-24-05, 01:29 PM

I believe that if you install embedded visual C++, that you can get an emulator for debugging purposes. Don't know if it provides enough capability for you.

09-24-05, 01:31 PM

I downloaded a pocketpc emulator from microsofr before I saw this one, it said Windows Mobile 2003. I already had Activesync 3.8 installed, not sure if that matters or not.

I got the emulator running by clicking on Connect To Device in Visual Studio.net. But I can't figure out how to install applications onto the emulator ?

Any help is very much appreciated
Thanks
Tony

googe · 09-24-05, 09:13 PM

Originally Posted by perdurabo

I must respectfully say that poster #4 is incorrect. The Pocket PC 2003 SDK contains an emulator that runs default ARM-based PPC apps on your x86 box. In non-nerd terms, this means you can download PPC apps and run them on a Windows Mobile 2003 emulator as-is.

Setup for this is a pain in the ass, so you might wanna take a look at that gpspassions link the other replier posted. Supposedly, that is a lot easier to get up and running.

But in short, yes, there's a solution for what you're looking for, play around.

I used the emulators to start .NET CF and eC++ coding while I was waiting for my Axim and Audiovox 5600 to arrive from a won ebay auction :-D

I didn't even have the devices yet, and I was already coding and testing them on the emulators. When my devices arrived, I copied the programs to the devices and they ran perfectly.

the one that came with my pocketpc 2003 SDK is x86 only

i cant run any arm binaries on it. is there a different link to the arm emulator?

silentknight · 09-24-05, 09:51 PM

Perdurabo is referring to the previous post.. a beta release of an emulator that MS is working on right now vers 1.0

http://msdn.microsoft.com/mobility/w...w/default.aspx

googe · 09-24-05, 11:25 PM

ah, thanks. so poster #4 wasnt exactly incorrect, as the emulator in the pocket pc 2003 SDK is in fact x86 only. the arm one is available at the link you provided. sounds handy, i hope it works!

now if only i could get all the dlls :(