There’s a screen shot photograph on Paul Thurott’s SuperSite for Windows that shows a Pen Optimized Skin for Longhorn-era Tablet PCs. This skin is designed for potential future Tablet PCs running 5-8 inch screens. As you can see, this will be quite similar to the Pocket PC today screen and thus could consolidate the Pocket PC’s OS as part of Longhorn. Either that, or future Windows CE based Pocket PCs will become much smaller, in …
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Another Windows XP powered Mini Tablet PC
Now here’s Sony with a competitor to the OQO and Flipstart palm-sized Windows XP powered computers. They’re all still vaporware for now and I’m not sure what we’re supposed to be calling these things… Mini Tablet PCs? At any rate, the Sony Vaio supposedly will cost less than $2000. According to MS Mobiles, it probably won’t be running Windows XP Tablet PC Edition so it will likely need some other type of propietary screen-based input …
Continue readingAudiovox PPC4100 Pocket PC Phone Approved by FCC
Brighthand notes that the Audiovox PPC4100 has been approved by the FCC. It looks like we might have another Pocket PC Phone Edition in the North American market soon. Originally published on Pocketnow on May 12, 2004. More Hardware articles from the Pocketnow archive.
Continue readingFree Today Screen application for Pocket PC Phones
My|Phone is a new today screen plug-in for Pocket PC Phone Edition devices that shows Some useful information about missed phone calls, last SMS message recieved and Phone Signal strength. Originally published on Pocketnow on May 10, 2004. More Software articles from the Pocketnow archive.
Continue readingThe Defense Department’s Phraselator
The Phraselator made by Voxtec is a portable handheld speech translation device used by soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq. When the soldier says a phrase, the phraselator accurately repeats the phrase in the language of choice. The device runs on Windows CE.NET 4.2 with a 400Mhz Xscale processor and SD cards full of language translation data. Voxtec is said to be planning a less expensive version for travellers. Universal translators, here we come! Originally published …
Continue readingMedia Center Edition Remote Software
Last night I was struggling a bit with my old computer and it’s inability to boot properly due to my rabid pre-release software installations and consistent need to customize things. Then I got an email from Brandon about this new Rudeo Remote Control Software for Windows XP Media Center Edition PCs. This program sounds so great! I had sent a feature request to Microsoft a while ago requesting MCE integration and control via Bluetooth for …
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