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Subjective answers aside, the answer to

the question, of course, is that neither

OS (or cola) is inherently better than

the other. (Although Palm OS and Win-

dows CE fans, like Coke and Pepsi fans,

will argue with me on this point.)

A better question is “Which OS do

you prefer?” Like your cola preference,

your handheld OS preference may well

rest on which of the two OSs you taste

first. If you were one of the millions who

purchased the first Palm Pilot back in

1996, you are probably a die-hard Palm

fan. On the other hand, if you’ve been

using Windows on your desktop for as

long as you can remember and are new

to the handheld market, you’ll probably

prefer the familiarity of Windows CE.

Beyond the question of familiarity,

you should consider the applications

each OS offers and which applications

you need. Both OSs ship with many of

the same applications, including a calen-

dar, address book, memo pad, task list, e-

mail application, and calculator. How-

ever, the Palm OS includes an expense

application; Windows CE does not. In

addition, the Palm OS boasts thousands

of downloadable applications; Windows

CE devices can claim only hundreds.

(For a list of applications available for

the Palm OS, visit http://www.palm.com.

For a list of applications available for

Windows CE, visit http://www.microsoft.

com/pocketpc.)

However, Windows CE products in-

clude more built-in applications overall

than Palm OS products include. For

example, all Windows CE products in-

clude the Microsoft Voice Recorder ap-

plication. This application (along with a

built-in microphone) enables you to re-

cord snippets of your own or others’ voic-

es. When you synchronize a Windows CE

product with your desktop computer, you

can convert these recordings to WAV

files and store them or attach them to e-

mail messages.

For most applications, Windows CE

also features more options than Palm OS.

For example, unlike the Palm OS, Win-

dows CE includes the following options:

• The ability to view a whole year in

the calendar application

• The ability to categorize address book

entries as either business or personal

• The ability to highlight and delete

whole blocks of e-mail messages with-

out having to open them

NetWare Connection June 2000

FEATURE Handhelds

Interested in Pocketing a Pocket PC?

Microsoft has two separate lines of the Windows CE OS: one

line for handheld PCs (H/PCs) and another line for palm-size

products. On April 19, Microsoft released the latest version of

the Windows CE OS for palm-size devices. This latest version,

called Pocket PC, is radically different from its predecessors. For

example, Pocket PC features a new (and most people would say

improved) interface. Although this interface actually took me a

bit longer to get used to, it is unquestionably better suited for

handhelds with a palm-size form factor.

In addition to including all of the applications Windows CE

2.11 included, such as Pocket Outlook, Pocket PC includes the

following new applications:

• Pocket Excel

• Pocket Word

• Pocket Internet Explorer

• Microsoft Windows Media Player (so you can listen to music or

anything else recorded in MP3, WMA, or WAV formats)

• Microsoft Reader (so you can read electronic books that you

download from the web)

Think about the implied benefits of the new Pocket PC pro-

grams. For example, while creating large Excel and Word docu-

ments on a palm-size product might not be a realistic option (at

least, not without an external keyboard attachment), viewing

and editing Excel and Word documents is clearly viable. And

with the Pocket PC programs running on your palm-size product,

viewing Word or Excel e-mail attachments is possible for the first

time, and browsing the web is a reality.

Pocket PC also adds another option for data input in some

of the programs, namely Pocket Word, Tasks (when adding

notes), and Notes, which is the latest version of what was

formerly called Note Taker. To use this data input option, you

select the pen input method, write on the screen, and your

writing appears and remains on the screen like electronic ink,

as it did in Note Taker. However, now after you’ve completed

your sentence, paragraph, or page, you have the option to tap

Tools and then Recognize, and your writing is converted all at

once into typed face.

Using an HP Jornada 545, one of three devices in the HP Jor-

nada Pocket PC line, I tested this feature in Notes. I found tap-

ping Recognize worked well for me, which I must admit surprised

me. For example, when I wrote, “Can it recognize my normal

handwriting?” and tapped Recognize, this handwriting transcriber

converted my words and the question mark without any errors.

I tested the HP Jornada 545 about one month after testing

the products discussed in the main text of this article. The HP

Jornada 545 has an impressive sleek design that is small enough

to fit in your pocket. The device is .3 inches smaller in depth

than the HP Jornada 430se and weighs only slightly more (9.1

ounces compared to 8.8 ounces). Like the HP Jornada 430se,

the HP Jornada 545 ships with a lot of extra software, includ-

ing AOL Mail and Yahoo! Messenger, which would enable AOL

and Yahoo! members, respectively, to check their e-mail mes-

sages directly from their Pocket PC.

Depending on the CompactFlash modem you purchase, you

can also check your e-mail wirelessly. For example, if you plug a

Digital Phone Card from Socket Communications Inc. into the

Jornada CompactFlash Type I slot and plug the card’s cable into

your mobile phone, you can set up a wireless connection to the

Internet. The Digital Phone Card is advertised in a brochure that

ships with the HP Jornada 545. (For more information, visit

http://www.socketcom.com.)

This brochure describes several other accessories as well,

including the Targus Stowaway Portable Keyboard. (For more in-

formation, visit http://www.targus.com/accessories.asp.) This

keyboard weighs only 8 ounces and folds up to about the same

size as the HP Jornada 545. But here’s the exciting part: When

unfolded, the Targus Stowaway is a full-size keyboard. This key-

board includes a cradle in which you can stand the HP Jornada

545 (or any other Pocket PC product) and thus render possible

the until-now myth of creating documents on a palm-size PC.

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