Windows Mobile 6.5.3 Emulators

Microsoft have released the Windows Mobile 6.5.3 Developer Toolkit, part of which includes a device emulator image for the platform - useful for testing, article writing and training.

The DTK is available for download from the Microsoft web site here - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c0213f68-2e01-4...

In order to run the emulator image, you will need to also download and install the Microsoft Device Emulator version 3.0 - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=a6f6adaf-12e3-4...

Once installed, to run the WM 6.5.3 Professional emulator image, run the following command:

start "" "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Device Emulator\1.0\DeviceEmulator.exe"
"C:\Program Files\Windows Mobile 6.5.3 DTK\PocketPC\Deviceemulation\0409\PPC_USA_GSM_VR.BIN" 
/MemSize 256 /Skin "C:\Program Files\Windows Mobile 6.5.3 DTK\PocketPC\Deviceemulation
\Pocket_PC_Phone\Pocket_PC_PE.xml" 
/VMName "Pocket PC 2010 Emulator"

To run the WM 6.5.3 Standard emulator image, run the following command:

start "" "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Device Emulator\1.0\DeviceEmulator.exe"
"C:\Program Files\Windows Mobile 6.5.3 DTK\Smartphone\Deviceemulation\0409\SP_USA_GSM_QVGA_VR.bin" 
/MemSize 256 /Skin "C:\Program Files\Windows Mobile 6.5.3 DTK\Smartphone\Deviceemulation
\smartphone_QVGA\SmartPhone_QVGA.xml" 
/VMName "Smartphone 2010 Emulator"