Microsoft long knew of the importance and potential of mobile computers, and in the s had made previous attempts to capture the market. It released in Windows for Pen Computing, a software used to add pen computing functions to mobile computers running Windows 3. The software's potential for success was hampered by its ponderous base code and the fact that handwriting recognition technology at the time had practical limitations. Microsoft then sought to develop a device called WinPad, which would have been used to wirelessly access and synchronize data between it and desktop machines, as well as other WinPads, but its operating system's large consumption of resources caused the company to redesign as Microsoft at Work, an embedded operating system for office machines, with similar synchronization functions.
However, its delayed, costly development and device manufacturers' subsequently abandoning it led to the project's cancellation. During that time, Microsoft also began work on a project to develop a device used to communicate with paging systems, and its operating system was to be used in set-top boxes, but that project proved to be too ambitious and thus folded in The teams of the two cancelled projects were consolidated in , and Microsoft hoped to create a mobile device that ran on the Windows NT kernel.
This kernel debuted in Microsoft's "Handheld PC", and reappeared in the company's Palm-size PC, both of which were criticized for their slow performance, short battery life, and graphical user interface. With these devices, Microsoft had only ten percent of the personal digital assistant PDA market share, whereas its rival, Palm, Inc. Its desktop user interface was replaced with one more suited for mobile devices, more applications came preinstalled, and the company more firmly defined and extended both the hardware and software specifications to ensure software compatibility.
Windows CE 3. To distinguish it from its successors, the operating system is now referred to as Pocket PC Mainstream support for the operating system ended on September 30, , and extended support was dropped on October 9, With the kernal of Pocket PC , the third version of Windows CE, the user interface was designed from the ground up to more closely resemble Palm OS's and much less that of a personal computer, while still retaining the look and feel of Windows desktops.
The first screen that is displayed upon booting is the Today screen, where the user can check their email inbox and view the calendar and their scheduled appointments and tasks, as well as the device's owner information. The top of the screen is filled by a navigation bar, which on the left side contains a button that opens the Start menu and on the right the current time.
On the bottom of the screen is a "command bar", containing menus and buttons that execute commands for programs. The user navigates the interface by tapping the stylus and pressing the buttons on the device. New to Microsoft's line of PDAs is tapping and holding on items to open context menus, analogous to right-clicking on a desktop computer. When the Start button is tapped, the Start menu drops down, revealing a bar of six last-run applications, a number of pinned applications, the menus where the applications and system settings are located, the ability to search files' names and contents, and an online application that provides help relevant to the current program.
Files are managed using the File Explorer. They may be placed inside folders, and are all found inside the root folder, My Device. Character input is provided via either an online character or handwriting recognition system or an on-screen keyboard.
Pocket PC is bundled with a pocket version of Microsoft Office, an office suite that features pocket versions of Excel and Word. Also included is a pocket version of the web browser Internet Explorer, based on version 3. Features of version 3. The web browser's encryption key size is only 40 bits long, rather than bits at the time.
Microsoft released a separate add-on offering support for the bit Secure Sockets Layer protocol. The capabilities of the hardware devices running Pocket PC made the operating system suitable for multimedia and playing Windows CE games. Voice Recorder is used to capture sound via the device's microphone, which is then saved in the WAV format, and can be played back here.
A majority of the games for Windows CE were made freely downloadable from the Internet, and a few were titles launched commercially at retail stores and on websites. The rest of the games are installed by connecting the device to and running the setup program on a computer. The infrared port is used to transfer data between PCs or other Pocket PC devices at a maximum speed of Sign Up Help Sign in. Free Windows Mobile Apps More than free windows mobile games, apps and themes.
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