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The Philips Velo was a Handheld PC. 〔(THE WHOLE WORLD IN YOUR HANDS, Velo 1, Designer: Lunar Design and Phillips Electronics, Consumer Products:Bronze ), By Julie Tilsner, Page 44(page 7 of pdf) ,Annual Design Award Winners, Jun 2, 1997, Business Week, '' The Velo 1 was named Best Hand-Held Product at Comdex 96 by Byte magazine and is an Editor’s Choice product at PC magazine.''〕 == Velo 1 == The initial Velo 1 was a PDA device released by Philips in August 1997.〔(Was senior product manager for mobile software for the Philips Velo 1 * Launched one of the first mobile Windows CE mobile devices into the consumer electronics market. * Device won Best of Comdex award. * Was the first PDA to include software for voice recording and compression, fax, software modem and built-in database. )〕 The device was typical of the HPCs at the time, being powered by two AA batteries or a rechargeable NiMH battery pack. The device had a green back-lit 5.1-inch resistive touchscreen with a resolution of 480×240 pixels at two bits per pixel which allowed for the display of four shades of grey. It originally shipped with Windows CE 1.0, with a ROM upgrade to Windows CE 2.0 that customers could order for $99.99. Expandability was via two internal 'miniature' expansion slots, as well as a PCMCIA slot in the docking station. The standard model included 4 MB of RAM and 5 MB ROM. An 8 MB model with NiMH battery pack was also available for $839.99 with a free upgrade to Windows CE 2.0 when it was available. Unlike most other HPCs, the Velo 1 included a built-in low-power software modem, where most other devices required a PCMCIA card modem. PCMCIA cards quickly drain batteries, so the low-power software modem helped eke out battery life. The modem operated at 14.4 kbit/s. Other communication features included an infrared (IrDa) port and serial port, both capable of a maximum transmission rate of 112,500 bit/s. The MIPS processor in the unit made its performance snappy compared to other devices, such as the HP 300LX or HP320LX. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Philips Velo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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