Although many mobile devices operate within the firewall, historic experience with vulnerabilities such as Spectre and Meltdown underscore the importance of running operating systems that are current, supported and secure.
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Security is now a top reason to select Android OS as the infrastructure of choice.
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The open source nature of Android and the relatively larger ecosystem of tools and applications available has translated into greater affordability for Android mobile devices, including Android rugged devices typically used in the warehouse. They are in good company with an estimated 85%+ of smartphones and over 40% of rugged devices today running the Android operating system as well as the availability of special use-case versions of Android OS such as Android Things for smart devices and IoT, Android TV and Android for Cars. In selecting a migration path from Windows Embedded OS, moving to Apple iOS is an option, but most distribution center professionals will quickly tell you that their top choice is an Android-based infrastructure. If you’re one of those organizations planning your new Android-based infrastructure, and you’re exploring the best way to cost justify the investment, here’s some food for thought. At this time, in 2020, many companies that deployed mobile devices running Windows Embedded/Handheld OS have transitioned to another OS (typically Android), yet many organizations are still in the process of making that migration. The lifecycle for the Windows Embedded OS was a short one though, and Microsoft gave fair warning that support would be ending. Those early rugged mobile devices became widely deployed in the early 2000’s and even gave rise to a healthy secondary market for refurbished mobile devices. Supply Chain professionals were some of the first to deploy applications for the warehouse and logistics running on rugged handhelds with Windows Embedded Compact OS. A series of poor strategic choices were made by Microsoft for the Windows CE OS in the rapidly evolving mobile technology market at the start of the millennium, and by 2017, Google’s Android OS had gained the upper hand in the mobile OS marketplace and iOS had carved out a stronghold. Windows Embedded Compact 7.0 extended support ends on April 14, 2021. Fast forward to 2020 and as of January 14th, 2020, the Extended Support End Date, Microsoft no longer supports Windows Embedded CE 6.0 and the Windows Embedded Handheld 6.5/8.1 operating systems. At the time, Windows Embedded CE was the talk of the town, running effectively on small mobile devices. Birthed in 1996, the Windows Embedded Compact operating system was optimized to run well on mobile devices with a relatively small footprint compared to its desktop OS cousins.