Development on Symbian involves 1 set of source files and two different compilers(x86 & ARM). The situation on WinCE was very similar, with write once and compile with 3-4 diferent backends(MIPS,SH3,ARM,x86). Advantage Symbian.
Recently WinCE had reduced the number of chips supported down to 2(x86 & ARM). Perhaps a tie? No, Microsoft has apparently improved their PocketPC emulator. The emulator was previously x86 based, requiring a separate emulator build(x86) and release build(ARM,MIPS,...). The new version, available with the Visual Studio 2005 beta, is now an ARM emulator capable of running release build software. Build for the hardware and then test on your dev platform. Advantage Windows CE.
A complete emulator allowing you to run suspicious code possibly with debugging and trace support. Why couldn't we have this two months ago? :) Of course, it is as they say 'dual-use'.
The nice thing is that the emulator plays nice in PC emulators like MS Virtual PC. That Connectix purchase may already be paying off dividends to the developer market.
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