Windows CE

I wanted to drop into the Windows Phone Blog briefly to update you on an important milestone. Earlier this morning, the Windows Phone development team officially signed off on the release to manufacturing (RTM) build of “Mango” – the latest version of the Windows Phone operating system. This marks the point in the development process where we hand code to our handset and mobile operator partners to optimize Mango for their specific phone and network configurations. Here on the Windows Phone team, we now turn to preparing for the update process.

I wanted to pass along that we have launched customer reviews at the Windows Shop on Windows.com where you can share your experiences with others. On the Windows Shop, you’ll find copies of Windows 7 and Office 2010, as well as deals on PCs and other software for your Windows PC.

I recently talked about the Windows Summit 2010 and today I want to give everyone a quick update on the event and some new content that went live earlier today.  If you have not yet heard, the Windows Summit 2010 is an online event for hardware and software designers, developers, engineers and testers who want to build great products on Windows 7. 

Today we released an exciting update to Windows PC Scout I think people looking for new Windows PCs will really enjoy.

But first, let me talk a little bit about Windows PC Scout.

As of 12/31/2009 the test certificates that shipped with the Windows Mobile SDK expired. However, we’ve gone ahead and generated new certificates that you can drop in to rectify this problem.

If you’re a developer you can put these certificates right into Visual Studio (or sign via command line). If you’re a tester, you can follow these instructions to create a provisioning file for a device, so that you don’t need Visual Studio to push certificates onto test platforms.