The World as Seen by Pocket PC Chris
The World as Seen by Pocket PC Chris De Herrera Webmaster, CEWindows. NET Microsoft MVP – Mobile Devices 10/3/2020 1
What is a Pocket PC? Pocket PC is a handheld computer with a subset of the capabilities of a PC. Fits in the palm of your hand Provides the basic functionality that users need when they are traveling Has a longer battery life than a notebook PC 10/3/2020 2
What’s it look like? Offers 320 x 240 color display Touch screen for data entry Serial & usb sync port Compact. Flash and/or Secure Digital Card for secondary storage Stereo headphone jack Finger Joystick 32 MB ram, 32 MB rom, 206 mhz Intel Strong. ARM CPU 10/3/2020 3
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What Software is Included? Pocket PC 2002 Calendar, Contacts and Tasks that sync with Outlook Pocket Word, Pocket Excel, Pocket Money Terminal Services Client, VPN (Virtual Private Network), Networks, Dialup access 10/3/2020 5
Where did the Pocket PC 2002 come from? Is the 4 th generation of keyboardless devices that Microsoft has created. Based on Windows CE 3. 0 Includes handwriting recognition technology from Paragraph called Transcriber 10/3/2020 6
Prior Generations of Devices Windows CE 1. 0 Fall 1996 – Handheld PC 10/3/2020 7
Prior Generations of Devices Windows CE 2. 0 Fall 1997 – Handheld PC 2. 0 Spring 1998 - Palm-size PC 1. 0 Windows CE 2. 11 Fall 1998 – Handheld PC 3. 0, Professional Edition Spring 1998 – Palm-size PC 2. 0 10/3/2020 8
Prior Generations of Devices Windows CE 3. 0 Spring 2000 – Pocket PC 2000 Summer 2000 – Handheld PC 2000 Spring 2002 – Pocket PC 2002 10/3/2020 9
Features Added Palm-size PC 1. 0 First generation Gray scale 320 x 240 display Handwriting recognition Calendar, contacts, tasks 10/3/2020 10
Features Added Palm-size PC 1. 0 10/3/2020 11
Features Added Palm-size PC 2. 0 Color 320 x 240 displays Video support in Casio E-105 Stereo headphone jack Same software as 1. 0 Microsoft added Windows Media Player 8 -32 mb ram, 8 -16 mb rom, 66 -131 mhz RISC cpu 10/3/2020 12
Features Added Palm-size PC 2. 0 10/3/2020 13
Feature Added Pocket PC 2000 Same hardware features as Palm-size PC 2. 0 Pocket Word, Pocket Excel, Pocket Money, Reader, Windows Media Player 32 -64 MB RAM, 131 -206 mhz RISC cpu 10/3/2020 14
Feature Added Pocket PC 2000 10/3/2020 15
Pocket PC 2002 Architecture Windows CE 3. 0 based Ram is divided between program and data storage and program execution space Ram space and applications are automatically managed by the system Does not run standard Windows applications Multitasking – Allows you to run more than one application at once Rom applications run from – they take very little ram to execute 10/3/2020 16
Pocket PC 2002 Demos Overview of the system Overview of Accessories and Peripherals Accessing the internet via 802. 11 b Printing via Anycom Bluetooth card 10/3/2020 17
Future Directions Pocket PC 2002 Phone Edition – Pocket PC with a built-in cellular phone Smart. Phone 2002 – Cellular Phone with calendar, contacts and tasks similar to the Pocket PC Windows CE. NET – Supports Microsoft’s. NET web strategies. 10/3/2020 18
Pocket PC 2002 Phone Edition 10/3/2020 19
Pocket PC 2002 Phone Edition Integrates a cellular phone into the Pocket PC GSM, GPRS, and CDMA will be supported – Initial availability in Europe Supports SIM based contacts, looks up the contact when a phone call is received Supports multitasking – you can take notes while talking on the Pocket PC 2002 Phone Edition Supports headsets as well as a speakerphone 10/3/2020 20
Smart. Phone 2002 10/3/2020 21
Windows CE. NET and Beyond Latest version - Code name Talisker formerly Windows CE 4. 0 Supports Microsoft’s. NET strategy by supporting the Compact. NET framework Microsoft intends to support the Compact. NET framework for the Pocket PC 2002. Unknown if or when Windows CE. NET will be incorporated into the Pocket PC 10/3/2020 22
Resources for More Information www. cewindows. net - my website with information on the Pocket PC and Windows CE. www. pocketpcpassion. com - Dale Coffing’s website with news and reviews of Pocket PCs www. microsoft. com/mobile/ - Microsoft’s Mobile Devices website – Get Pocket PC and Smart Phone Information www. microsoft. com/mobile/pocketpc/phoneeditio n/default. asp - Microsoft’s Pocket PC 2002 Phone Edition www. pocketpcthoughts. com - Get the latest news on what’s happening with Pocket PCs 10/3/2020 23
The World as Seen by Pocket Pc Question and Answers Chris De Herrera Webmaster, CEWindows. NET Microsoft MVP – Mobile Devices 10/3/2020 24
The World as Seen by Pocket PC Chris De Herrera Webmaster, CEWindows. NET Microsoft MVP – Mobile Devices 10/3/2020 25
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