Developers will find a broad range of new and enhanced features, including wireless technologies such as Bluetooth, device emulation, a new Platform Wizard, and rich multimedia and browsing capabilities. This end-to-end toolset allows you to rapidly build smart designs running rich applications on the latest hardware. The benefits of building your next embedded design with Windows CE .NET include: ?Windows CE .NET allows you to build scalable wireless platforms to flexibly connect mobile devices into existing infrastructures. o Broad wireless support for PANs, LANs, and WANs, including Bluetooth and 802.11. o Support for both IPv4 and IPv6 protocols, including many network enabled applications such as Internet Explorer 5.5 and Winsock and a set of technologies that enable interoperability and testing of dual stack networks. o Extend your existing management infrastructure to include devices using the newest version of Microsoft Systems Management Server. ?Windows CE .NET offers reliable core OS services for efficiently enabling the most demanding real-time embedded designs across a breadth of devices. o Enable low latency, bounded deterministic system performance with hard RTOS kernel support. o Implement local and network security for the storage and transmission of data. o Optimize device performance, price and power through a wide selection of CPUs. ?Windows CE .NET enables you to build smart .NET devices and create rich personalized experiences that span devices, PCs, servers, and Web services. o Build designs that provide the latest multimedia experiences, including Windows Media 8 codecs and controls, as well as digital rights management (DRM). o Efficiently build localized embedded devices and applications with out-of-the box multi-language support. o Securely integrate Web services into your smart devices, with support for XML 3.0. o Build powerful applications that run across multiple devices using the .NET Compact Framework. ? Windows CE .NET provides an end-to-end toolset for rapidly building smart designs on the latest hardware with rich applications. o Build and prototype without buying additional hardware by utilizing emulation technologies within the host workstation. o Jump-start your embedded design with the new Platform Wizard, which provides support for twelve pre-configured device designs. o Bring a new level of productivity to Windows CE .NET development without compromising flexibility, performance, or control, by using Microsoft eMbedded Visual C++® 4.0, a standalone Integrated Development Environment (IDE). o Simplify the development and deployment of distributed XML Web services and applications with Microsoft Visual Studio® .NET.