Re: USB-On-The-Go

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From: Parley (pdkennellynot_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 09/02/04 

Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 08:24:35 -0700

We may not get an answer here, but MS does have their wish list web page.
If everyone that posts to these PPC groups would go there and make our wants
heard on the officially, we might see native USB host support within the
next couple of iterations of WM. Unfortunately most manufacturers have
spotty upgrade support (ie. HP, Dell, Toshiba) so we'll all have to buy new
machines to get the technology. 

-- 
Parley D. Kennelly
Southern California RealtorŪ
"Dick Grier" <dick_grierNOSPAM@msn.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> >>
> My questions were firstly about Microsoft's stated position wrt this
> technology : are MS committed to supporting it in WinCE Smartphone /
> PocketPC at some future date ?  If so then what will be the nature of
> that support ? (ie Full USB master stack / the minimum possible to
> connect to a slave device / whatever ?)
> <<
>
> I'm sure you won't get an answer from Microsoft about that here.  I
suspect
> (IMO) that Microsoft will support it, if and when the industry demands it.
> The demand is nascent -- I'd like it, and there are lots of other "techie
> types" who would, too.  I don't know that we make up a market, though.
>
> ***
>
> -- 
> Richard Grier  (Microsoft Visual Basic MVP)
>
> See www.hardandsoftware.net for contact information.
>
> Author of Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to Serial Communications, 3rd
> Edition ISBN 1-890422-27-4 (391 pages) published February 2002.
>
>
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