a. Many gaming devices, hand-held PC and automobile GPS systems require OS software such as Microsoft Windows CE . Without an OS, these small electronic devices would not work. Windows CE is also called Windows Embedded CE.

b. The heredity of CE are found in the Microsoft Win Pad and Pulsar project in the early 1990s. The current version is Windows CE 6.0.

c. Different types of consoles have separate system requirements for an OS. There are diffrent device-dependent editions of Windows CE, with Standard, POSready, Enterprise and Automotive.

d. Windows CE can be found in a range of products like digital picture frames, monitoring devices and portable media players. Windows CE is mainly aimed at developers of these devices, not the users who buy them.

e. Windows CE is based on Microsoft's OS for PC but is designed for products with much smaller storage and capacity. It is a 32-bit OS devices with processors like ARM, MIPS, SH and x86.

f. Windows CE 6.0 contains several familiar applications such as flash Lite, Connection Manager and views for Office products. The device user can use the view to read Office application documents on a Windows CE PDA.