How to 'run' Windows Mobile 6.1 on your PC
I haven't touched a Microsoft emulator since 2006 when I was playing with the UMPC simulation, so I'm about due for more fun and games. Up on the docket is the Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system, which is now available for your emulating enjoyment. Windows for Devices outlines the approach; it might sound complicated, but usually these official emulations are pretty simple to get going. You'll need a PC running Windows XP or Vista, Virtual PC 2007, and of course, the WinMo 6.1 emulator. Virtual PC 2007 and the device emulator are free for the taking, so anyone with a PC and the requisite operating system can give this a go.
I just might put XP back on the Asus Eee PC since the Professional edition of 6.1 supports devices with resolutions up to 800 x 480.
Nice!! i'm going to try that. do you know if anyone has developed a system that will let you run WM on your PC/Laptop at the same time as an OS? sort of like the HTC shift. or even better, dual boot WM and windows? i'm sure boot times for WM on a C2D would be seconds.
Posted by: Gonzalo | April 22, 2008 at 02:21 PM
Gonzalo: the emulators just run as applications on your computer itself, just like virtual PC does. I use them all the time at work. The boot time is actually not much faster than an actual ARM-based WM device :)
Also note that on a 800x480 screen, the emulator UI will not fit entirely on the screen at that native resolution. You could run without the 'skin' around the emulator display, though that takes some fiddling with the configuration.
Posted by: Kevin White | April 22, 2008 at 02:37 PM
Would be neat to run WinMo on a Eee or mini note.
Posted by: zunq | April 22, 2008 at 02:38 PM
@gonzalo again: one more thing... I don't think you could dual boot windows mobile. It runs on ARM processors, not X86 processors. The emulator is basically like Virtual PC, except that it emulates an ARM processor and associated Windows Mobile hardware instead of an X86 PC-compatible computer.
The Shift just has a WM device built into it; I think it's roughly the same 'guts' as an HTC TyTN II.
Posted by: Kevin White | April 22, 2008 at 02:42 PM
How soon before you do something techy-perv, like running XP in emulation on your OS X-running Q1U and then, under that, have WinMob 6.1 being emulated too?
If you keep this up, you'll have to grow face hair like Dali.
Oh wait ...
Posted by: Mike Cane | April 22, 2008 at 02:55 PM
@kevin:regarding shift resemblence to tytn II WRT to hardware, I would say no. The only resemblence they have is that both are using the same processor. shift has 128mb rom and 64mb ram
tytn ii has 256mb rom and 128mb ram
Posted by: kamal | April 22, 2008 at 03:06 PM
I wouldn't expect the emulator to run very well on an Eee PC. It's a bit of a resource hog on my PC with a 1.6GHz dual core processor. I can only imagine how sluggish it would be on a 900MHz Celeron.
Posted by: Brad Linder | April 22, 2008 at 04:08 PM