According to Jason Langridge, Microsoft released Device Emulator v2.0 yesterday. This version includes new features and enhanced performance and will replace the emulator installed with Visual Studio 2005. This emulator is required for WM6 program development from Visual Studio 2005 and is a requirement if the developer’s OS is Vista.

Download the Device Emulator v2.0 here.

Here is a listing of the new features in 2.0

1. Greatly improved performance at executing ARM instruction – reduces cold-boot time and improves application execution speed.
2. High-resolution input:
   - On TabletPC machines – Tablet Ink is passed into the guest OS at high resolution (1024×1024)
   - When Zoom 2x is enabled, the input resolution is doubled
3. Ability to change more emulator options on-the-fly:
   - The NE2000 emulator’s binding to a host network adapter
   - The /funckey value
   - Open and close the serial port 0 console window
4. Additional peripheral device and driver support in Windows Embedded CE 6.0
   - Battery Emulation
   - Headset and Speakerphone Emulation
   - Carkit
5. Customer Experience Improvement Program – opt-in method of providing anonymous customer feedback. This data will help us gather metrics about the DeviceEmulator – what configuration options are used, data about unsuccessful launches, information about error conditions, etc. As you opt to send us your data, we’ll use this data to help tune V2 and future emulators to better suit your needs.

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