At the time of Windows CE 1.0 s launch only the NEC Mobile Pro 200 and Casio A-10 mobile devices were released with it. This was developed under the Pegasus project. The people from both projects were brought together to work on the Pegasus project that would lead to the development of Windows CE.ģ There are 6 main versions of Windows CE that were produced through the years: 1996-Version Version Version Version Version Version 6.0Ĥ CE 1.0 was the first handheld operating system produced by Microsoft.
Each group had some success but couldn t complete their projects because of the lack of advancement in the technologies they needed and consumers just weren t ready for these products. Both projects were trying to develop mobile operating systems and handheld devices that could run them. 1 By: Adam Caffrey Miles Cooper April Bielinski Robyn PilgerĢ The WinPad and Pulsar projects were precursors to the project group that developed Windows CE.