
Microsoft’s ‘Menlo’ working towards a mobile future without Windows CE?
May 5th, 2010 admin
Topics: galen hunt, galenhunt, hammil, kerryhammil, maryjofoley, olinsky, windows phone 7, windowsphone

Since Courier ’s now a mystery unearthed — and subsequently sent six feet under — it looks like we need new secret Microsoft projects to pique our curiosity. Enter the ever-connected Mary Jo Foley with some investigative notes into “Menlo,” which seems to be a a future replacement of Windows CE “with Windows NT inside of mobile devices.” The associated graphics platform would be “Experiment 19″ (not quite as interesting a codename, we agree). Presumably heading up Menlo is Galen Hunt, a researcher from the Singular project, joined by other Microsoft brains Ruben Olinsky and (at least at some point) Kerry Hammil. It’s always surprising…
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