Portable Devices

Getting ready for Christmas….

Main types of Hand/Pocket Systems

• Psion

• Palm

• Pocket PC

– All have office-like applications, synchronization with calendar etc.

– All offer colour (at cost price/performance)See

http://www.pcsupport.rl.ac.uk/information/handheld_computers.htm

Psion

• EPOC OS

• mono/colour

• 16MB RAM

• £180 - £550

Palm

• PalmOS

• 8MB RAM (Efficient OS means this is OK)

• Over 7,500 programs available

• E.g. Palm, Handspring, Sony

CERN Map Palm application.

Developed by Mark Dönszelmann at CERN.

See http://www.cern.ch/building

Pocket PC

• Run Microsoft Windows Pocket PC (windows feel)

• Less efficient OS

• Generally wide range of applications as standard (Pocket Word, Pocket Outlook, MP3 players….)

• E.g. Compaq iPAQ, HP Jornada

Pockets PC / Handheld PC.

• Pocket PC. Screen quarter-VGA (320*240)

• Handheld PC. Screen half VGA or bigger (640*240, 640*480). With or without integrated keyboard.

• Windows CE OS (Pocket, Handheld versions)

• LINUX available.

Examples

•COMPAQ iPAQ - Colour, 206MHz StrongARM processor, 64MB. £400.

•HP Jornada - same specifications at iPAQ - Pocket or Handheld versions (MS Windows for Handheld PC).

Hardware typesMS Pocket PC available on 3 different types of

processor:

• Intel StrongARM. – COMPAQ iPAQ 3600 series.

• MIPS – Casio Cassiopeia E115, E125.

• Hitachi SH3. – HP Jornada 540 series

(Only StrongARM & MIPS supported on MS Handheld systems.)

Future Devices...

Tablet PCs

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Dear Ken / Santa*,

For Christmas I would like:

[ ] Psion hand-held computer

[ ] Palm hand-held computer

[ ] Pocket PC

[ ] Ultra portable laptop

[ ] Cable modem connectivity

[ ] ADSL connectivity

[ ] Less e-mail

* delete as appropriate.