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What is a Pocket PC (PPC)?

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What is a Pocket PC (PPC)?

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What models are out there? A PPC runs the Windows Mobile operating system (built on Windows CE and .NET), which is a slimmed-down counterpart to Windows. It has much the same look and feel, but not all of the features of Windows (hey, how much can you get into these tiny units?). You’ll see the familiar Start Menu, taskbar, Control Panels (called Settings) and so forth. Navigation is pen-based, or you can use your finger if you don’t mind smudges on the screen. The screen is a fixed portrait oriented 240 x 320 pixels (specified by Microsoft) in all OS versions prior to Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition which offers both landscape and portrait orientations and support for VGA resolution. The latest OS, Windows Mobile 6, supports even more resolutions, including 320 x 320. Most Pocket PCs offer transflective 16 bit, 65,000 color screens. All have one or more expansion slots (Compact Flash and SD on older models, miniSD or microSD on newer phone edition models) which allow you to add mor