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A Pocket PC (P/PC, PPC), also known by Microsoft as a 'Windows Mobile Classic device', is a hardware specification for a handheld-sized smartphone or personal digital assistant (PDA), that runs the Windows Mobile operating system. It has some of the abilities of modern desktop PCs. As of 2010, thousands of applications exist for handhelds adhering to the Microsoft Pocket PC specification, many of which are freeware.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=FreewarePPC.com )〕 Some of these devices are also mobile phones. Microsoft-compliant Pocket PCs can be used with many add-ons such as GPS receivers, barcode readers, RFID readers, and cameras. In 2007, with the advent of Windows Mobile 6, Microsoft dropped the name Pocket PC in favor of a new naming scheme. Devices without an integrated phone are called Windows Mobile Classic devices instead of Pocket PCs. Devices with an integrated phone and a touch screen were called Windows Mobile Professional devices and devices without a touch screen are called Windows Mobile Standard devices. In 2010, even Windows Mobile devices were discontinued in favor of Windows Phone devices. ==History== The Pocket PC was an evolution from prior calculator-sized computers. Keystroke-programmable calculators which could do simple business and scientific applications were available by the 1970s. In 1982, Hewlett Packard's HP-75 incorporated a 1-line text display, an alphanumeric keyboard, HP BASIC language and some basic PDA abilities. The HP 95LX, HP 100LX and HP 200LX series packed a PC-compatible MS-DOS computer with graphics display and QWERTY keyboard into a palmtop format. The HP OmniGo 100 and 120 used a pen and graphics interface on DOS-based PC/GEOS, but was not widely sold in the United States. The HP 300LX built a palmtop computer on the Windows CE operating system, but not until the form factor and features of the Palm platform were adapted that it was named the Pocket PC. Prior to the release of Windows Mobile 2003, third-party software was developed using Microsoft's eMbedded Visual Tools, eMbedded Visual Basic (eVB) and eMbedded Visual C (eVC).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Learn Windows Mobile: Overview )〕 eVB programs can usually be converted fairly easily to NS Basic/CE. or to Basic4ppc. According to Microsoft, the Pocket PC is "''a handheld device that enables users to store and retrieve e-mail, contacts, appointments, tasks, play multimedia files, games, exchange text messages with Windows Live Messenger (formerly known as MSN Messenger), browse the Web, and more.''" ((src: microsoft buyersguide) ) From a technical standpoint, "Pocket PC" is a Microsoft specification that sets various hardware and software requirements for mobile devices bearing the "Pocket PC" label. For instance, any device which is to be classified as a Pocket PC must: * Run Microsoft's Windows Mobile, Pocket PC edition * Come bundled with a specific suite of applications in ROM :''Note: the name ''Windows Mobile'' includes both the Windows CE operating system and a suite of basic applications along with a specified user interface'' * Include a touchscreen * Include a directional pad or touchpad * Include a set of hardware application buttons * Be based on an ARM version 4 compatible CPU, Intel XScale CPU, MIPS CPU or SH3 CPU. (As of the Pocket PC 2002 specification, ARM-based CPUs are required.) The Pocket PC/Windows Mobile OS was superseded by Windows Phone on February 15, 2010 when the latter was announced at Mobile World Congress that year. No existing hardware was officially supported for a Windows Phone 7 upgrade. Additionally, not a single one of the thousands of apps available for Windows Mobile would run unaltered on Windows Phone. 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「Pocket PC」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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