Microsoft unveils optimised sat-nav OS

Microsoft has released Windows Embedded NavReady 2009, its first embedded operating system to be specifically optimised for manufacturers of portable navigation devices.

Redmond unveiled the system, which is one of its first category-specific embedded operating systems, on Monday. The other Microsoft OS that has been specifically optimised in this way is Windows Embedded POSReady, for point-of-sale devices. POSReady is scheduled for release next year.

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