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Spb Software House Releases Kiosk Engine

May 29, 2002 - Spb Software House, a developer of custom Pocket PC software, announced today the release of Spb Kiosk Engine - a suite of software that allows creating special information devices, or, kiosks from Pocket PC devices.

There is a tendency of Pocket PCs being used as special devices in a very limited way with many functions disabled and with only one application executed. A lot of vertical market applications require a kiosk mode. For example, it can disable all games and other entertainment programs on Pocket PC.

Spb Kiosk Engine allows enterprise users creating kiosks based on existing software or web-based solution and provides the following features:

Prevents switching from the target application;
Provides a full screen mode;
Automatically starts the target application after soft reset;
Can be used with most enterprise applications;
Admin mode can be entered by pressing the 'secret' hardware keys sequence. In admin mode a device can be used without restrictions;
Supports eMbedded Visual Basic applications;
Two predefined target applications: Pocket Internet Explorer and Terminal Services Client;
Replaces the home page with a custom one when used with Pocket Internet Explorer

Spb Kiosk Engine consists of 3 products, each of them providing a full screen kiosk mode for different types of applications:

Spb Kiosk Explorer provides a full screen kiosk mode for Pocket Internet Explorer. With Kiosk Explorer enterprises can create kiosk solutions based on web-applications;
Spb Kiosk Terminal is an application providing a full screen kiosk mode for Terminal Services Client. Kiosk Terminal allows creating kiosks that run an application from a Windows NT/2000 Terminal Server;
Spb Kiosk Engine is the third option that can run any custom Pocket PC application in a kiosk mode.

Further Information and Downloads

Further information regarding Spb Kiosk Engine can be found on our Web site:
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/kioskengine

About Spb Software House

Spb Software House is a software development company, specializing mainly in Windows Mobile software for Pocket PCs. Founded in 1999, the company offers advanced software solutions for use in a wide range of applications.