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Pocket PC family

Access information anywhere with a Pocket or Palm-size PC. These devices are small, "shirt-pocketable," pen-entry devices (with no physical keyboard). They come with Pocket Outlook (Calendar, Contacts, Tasks and Inbox for email), "soft" keyboard and handwriting recognition, World Clock, Calculator, Solitaire, and Pocket Internet Explorer, which lets you download web content offline. With some limitations, you can view, edit, and create documents in Pocket Word, and view, edit, and create spreadsheets in Pocket Excel. Pocket PC users can read e-books with Microsoft Reader, and listen to music and watch videos with the Windows Media Player.

• Palm-size PCs were manufactured from 1998 to 2000. They are a little bulkier than Pocket PCs.
  (Review of Palm-size PC)

• Pocket PC 2000s, built from 2000-2002, incorporated major updates to the built-in applications and the user interface.
  (Review of Pocket PC 2000)

• The Pocket PC 2002 refined the Pocket PC 2000 applications and interface, with new additions of MSN Messenger,  Terminal Services Client, and better handwriting recognition.
  (Review of Pocket PC 2002)

Handheld PC family

Don't lug a laptopùcarry a Handheld PC. They have a backlit screen which folds over a physical keyboard. Organize yourself with Pocket Outlook, which has Contacts, Tasks, Appointments, and Inbox. Pocket Word and Excel let you carry documents and spreadsheets on the go. Surf the Internet with Pocket Internet Explorer.

• First-generation Handheld PCs, version 1, were manufactured from 1997 to 1998.
  (More information on Handheld PC version 1.0)

• Handheld PCs, version 2.0, manufactured 1998-1999, featured a refinement of the original operating system and applications, and the addition of Pocket PowerPoint.
  (Review of Handheld PC version 2.0)

• The Handheld PC Pro, manufactured 1999-2001, showcased a major upgrade to the applications and interface. The Inbox application supports IMAP4 and offline folders,  and new additions included Pocket Access, InkWriter, and built-in drivers and clients for networking and printing.
  (Review of Handheld PC Pro)

• The Handheld PC 2000, manufactured 2001-present, is a refinement of the Pro, with more efficient memory management, faster multitasking capability, faster connectivity, and faster program execution with Windows Media Player and a Terminal Client.
  (Review of Handheld PC 2000)

Accessories

Get more out of your handheld! Protect your handhelds with cases, add sleeves to your iPAQ, connect to the Internet with wired and wireless modems, access your network resources with wired and wireless LAN cards, and much more.

Other Devices

Check out our inventory of Palms and other devices.

HP 200LX Palmtop PC

This "classic" DOS handheld is equivalent to the IBM XT machine that sat on many of our desks in the 1980s. Built-in is a PIM, a great database program, Lotus 1-2-3, and a powerful HP calculator. Visit our sister Web site, www.PalmtopPaper.com, for more information.