Available memory for mobile applications
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I am new to mobile app programming, how much memory is generally expected to be available in contemporary devices using Window CE or equivalent? I have a stand-alone Windows application framework that can run Windows applications down to about 2 megabyte footprint. If it can fit into a telephone device, a whole new market may open up for me.
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I am new to mobile app programming, how much memory is generally expected to be available in contemporary devices using Window CE or equivalent? I have a stand-alone Windows application framework that can run Windows applications down to about 2 megabyte footprint. If it can fit into a telephone device, a whole new market may open up for me.
Most Windows Mobile devices available today ship with 128-192MB of RAM. Not all of it is available for applications, since the RAM is also used for loading the OS and storage of files. The memory for running programs would be 30-60MB. In my old phone (64MB of RAM) I have 15MB available. In Windows CE you can fine tune this setting (favor application RAM over storage RAM and vice versa), but in Windows Mobile the ratio is handled automatically by the OS. I would say that 2MB is a bit high for a mobile application, but still not a forbidding value. You need of course to do some testing in an actual device before deciding.