Possible technologic platforms
Pocket PC’s and Smart phones
Pocket PC devices and Smart phones are being supplied with approximately ten versions of operating system. Basic difference between a Pocket PC device and a Smart phone is that the Pocket PC is a pocket computer with a built-in phone (not all Pocket PC devices have GPRS module used for phoning) and the Smart phone is a mobile phone with a pinch of pocket computer in it. Both devices are based on Windows Mobile operating system. The newest pocket computers offer features which replace office tools of desktop computers as well as of portable computers. The newest devices which are just slightly bigger than mobile phones contain complete contacts evidence, tasks or Outlook calendar events. Devices containing the GPRS module offer complete functionality of a mobile phone as is writing and receiving SMS and MMS messages, phoning, or for example Internet Banking. Communication is supported by IrDa (infraport), Bluetooth, WiFi, EDGE and GPS navigation technologies. Moreover, some devices offer photo camera or a QWERTY keyboard. For the pocket PC’s exists a huge amount of applications which are already installed on the device (for example Mobile Office – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF Reader, Windows Media Player, Pocket MSN, Internet Explorer etc.) and even a bigger amount of additional applications like ICQ, Skype, Acrobat Reader, MP3 and video players, Total Commander, applications allowing reading of electronic books (so-called eBooks ), IDOS – time tables; applications for finance monitoring, weather forecast, creating of shopping lists, dictionaries, and a big amount of games. The basic advantage is that operating system in pocket computers doesn’t have to load, and it’s always enabled and thus available. The newer version of operating system, the more features device offers. Here we will describe three latest versions of operating system for the pocket computers (Pocket PC, PDA) and the Smart phones.
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Windows Mobile 5 (Windows CE 5.0 for Pocket PC)
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The newest operating system for pocket computers
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New system of memory work
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Improved Mobile Office software (for example support of PowerPoint presentations and pictures in Word documents)
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Hardware keyboard support
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3G communication
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And many other news
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Windows Mobile 2003 Second edition (Windows CE 4.2 for Pocket PC)
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Supports other display resolutions than 240x320 pixels
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Supports screen rotating (Landscape)
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Some applications have been improved
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Windows Mobile 2003 (Windows CE 4.2 for Pocket PC)
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Offers a brand new system core comparing to Windows CE 3.0 for Pocket PC 2002
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Big list of new programs
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Further, there is new processor generation support
Smart phones are offered with three versions of operating system:
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Windows Mobile 5 (Windows CE 5.0 for Smart phone)
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Windows Mobile 2003 Second edition (Windows CE 4.2n for Smart phone)
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Windows Mobile 2003 (Windows CE 4.2 for Smart phone)