Talk:Pocket PC
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(Q) Help me out: is "Pocket PC" the genre or type of handheld, and Windows CE the operationg system, or what?
(A)Pocket PC is a PDA specification developed by Microsoft; it is also a Microsoft trademark. If a device is referred to as a Pocket PC, that simply indicates that it has been certified by microsoft as meeting certain hardware and software standards.
Part of the specification is the standard software package that is installed on the device, called "Windows Mobile for Pocket PC." This software package runs on top of the Windows CE OS.
Yo, dude! I thought my ViewSonic Pocket PC was running Windows CE 2002. I am on drugs, or what? -- Surfer Dude
Your ViewSonic Pocket PC is running Windows CE, but it is also loaded with additional software specified by Microsoft. This software, in conjunction with the Windows CE OS, forms the Pocket PC system.
"PocketPC" is just a fork of sorts from Windows CE. So any Windows CE code can be easily ported to PocketPC with just the correct SDK installed in your DE.
You know, that phrase sounds weird to me, like "Windows XP is a set of software that runs ontop of Windows operationg system", IMHO it's not, the operating system is defined by basic software packages too, not just the kernel or whatever it has to handle executions of those software. Gnomz007 00:00, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)
HP is not a manufacturer of Pocket PC's. In fact most popular brands just put their own brands on devices made by Taiwanese and Korean Companies. The biggest manufacturer (ODM) of Pocket PC devices is HTC (of Taiwan), also from Taiwan is Compal and Eten, LG and Samsung makes their own pocket pc's as well.
Pocket Pc is for MIPS,SH3,ARM,XSCALE. But Pocket Pc 2002 works only with ARM. Later, MS changed the name Pocket Pc 2003 to be Windows Mobile 2003.