I was the Intel presenter for this web case and I talked through the answers to these in the during the presentation. Here you'll find responses as well and if you have any follow-up questions please post them.

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  William asked: Is the power transition APM or ACPI based?




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  Lester: The Intel Mobile Platfrom Runtime runs a little higher in the software stack. It uses the OS calls to determine the power state of the system.


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  Philippe asked: What is the difference between Intel Mobile SDK and Microsoft VS2005 and .NET compact frameworks SDK?




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  Lester: Microsoft Visual Studio comes with a small version of the Windows Platform SDK which is C-based. (Note that Microsoft provides a larger Windows Platform SDK as well.) The .Net compact framework SDK is oriented toward managed code such as C#. The Intel Mobile Platfrom SDK supports C++, C#/.Net & Java so it contains broader language and runtime support. The Intel Mobile Platfrom SDK also is cross platform compatible. Currently we support Laptops, PDA and Phones with support extending also to tablets and UMPC (Ultra Mobile PC) device as well. Another difference is that the Intel Mobile Platfrom SDK framework was developed with mobile applications in mind. For example the information is object oriented and well organanized making it easier to find the information a developer wants. Also both method-based and event-based APIs are provided to make it easier to find out when something happens (ex. regain a network connection, loose a connection, loose external power, etc) without having to poll for it. Finally, theIntel Mobile PlatformRuntime has additional features to monitor and control application network bandwidth.


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  Suresh asked: Does SDK support Intel/Mac platform?




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  Lester: Not Yet. It is something we've considered but have no plan of record to support it at this time. If you are interested in it, we'd love to hear from you.


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  Xiaofeng asked: Is there any (plan of) support for Linux by Intel Mobile platforms?




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  Lester: Not Yet. We have a proof-of-concept (POC) running on Linux on a phone. This is much like the Mac support. If it is of interest to you, let us know.


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  Alexander asked: Will Intel Mobile Platform S
  DK support XScale platforms in future releases and are there plans for SDK to support Linux? When?




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  Lester: For those who didn't know, Intel recently announced that is is selling the XScale processor line of products to Marvel. Currently it is still our plan to support it.


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  Alan asked: Will we be able to start back up as soon as more power is in place when not on battery will it be auto set or need to start it?




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  Lester: This question was made in reference to an application that ElephantDrive showed in the presentation. As a new feature developed with the help of the Intel Mobile Platform SDK, it would stop transfering data if the battery got really low. In response to the question above, yes, an application can automatically restart to send data based on any number of conditions depending on the one that is most appropriate. For example, the Intel Mobile Platform SDK enables the application to know when external power has been restored. This may be sufficient to restart the data transmission. If it is more important to know that the battery has been charged up again, an event notification can notify the application when any given level has been achieved.


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  Rizwan asked: Does the Intel Mobile Platform SDK work on cell phones? Thanks.




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  Lester:Yes. You can find more details about the product including requirements at: http://www.intel.com/software/products/mobileplatform


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  Philippe asked: Re Intel SDK: Windows Mobile 5.0 support? when?




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  Lester:It doesn't not yet support Windows Mobile 5.0. We expect this in our next releasewhich is scheduled for Q1'07. (Note that this datemay besubject to change.)


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  Rami asked: This is a question to Lester about the Intel Mobility SDK. Can you tell us more about the proof of concept Javascript interface to use the SDK APIs for browser based apps?




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  Lester: Rami is refering to a demo done at a Web 2.0 mash up camp recently and was originally in the abstract for this presentation. After further consideration we decided to focus the presentation on the technology that Intel and Amazon have shipping today and what ElephantDrive was able to do with it in a relatively short amount of time. We have no product announcements at this time for a Java
  script interface.

Thanks,

Lester Memmott

Software Architect

Intel Corporation