Keystroke-programmable calculators which could do simple business and scientific applications were available by the 1970s. The Pocket PC was an evolution from prior calculator-sized computers. HTC Kangaroo, Bluebird and Peacock Palm-size PCs from the late 1990s

Windows Mobile Standard (formerly Smartphone): devices with an integrated phone but without a touch screen.

Windows Mobile Professional (formerly Pocket PC Phone Edition): devices with an integrated phone and a touch screen.

Windows Mobile Classic (formerly Pocket PC): devices without an integrated phone.

In 2007, with the advent of Windows Mobile 6.0, Microsoft dropped the name Pocket PC in favor of a new naming scheme: Microsoft-compliant Pocket PCs can be used with many add-ons such as GPS receivers, barcode readers, RFID readers, and cameras. Some of these devices also had integrated phone and data capabilities, which were called Pocket PC Phone Edition or simply ' Smartphone'.Īs of 2010, thousands of applications existed for handhelds adhering to the Microsoft Pocket PC specification, many of which were freeware.

The name was introduced by Microsoft in 2000 as a rebranding of the Palm-size PC category. HTC Apache Pocket PC (Phone Edition) with a slide-out keyboard, showing Wikipedia from 2005Ī Pocket PC ( P/PC, PPC) is a class of personal digital assistant (PDA) that runs the Windows Mobile or Windows Embedded Compact operating system that has some of the abilities of modern desktop PCs.

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