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What is a Pocket PC?
Home » Handheld Electronics » Pocket PCs » What is a Pocket PC?A Pocket PC is a handheld computer that runs a specific version of Windows CE operating system. It has many of the same capabilities of standard PCs and has thousands of applications available to it, many of which are freeware. Some Pocket PCs even have mobile phone features through Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 Phone Edition. Other add-ons for Pocket PCs include GPS receivers, barcode readers, RFID readers, and cameras. Microsoft's definition of the Pocket PC is "a handheld device that enables users to store and retrieve e-mail, contacts, appointments, tasks, play multimedia files, games, exchange text messages with MSN Messenger, browse the Web, and more."
For a device to be classified as a Pocket PC, it must:
• Run Microsoft's Windows Mobile, Pocket PC edition
• Come bundled with a specific suite of applications in ROM
• Include a touchscreen
• Include a directional pad or touchpad
• Include a set of hardware application buttons
• Be based on an ARM version 4 compatible CPU, Intel XScale CPU, MIPS CPU or SH3 CPU
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