1. Portable Devices Getting ready for Christmas….

2. Main types of Hand/Pocket Systems Psion Palm Pocket PC –All have office-like applications, synchronization with calendar etc. –All offer colour (at cost price/performance) See http://www.pcsupport.rl.ac.uk/information/handheld_computers.htm

3. Psion EPOC OS mono/colour 16MB RAM £180 - £550

4. Palm PalmOS 8MB RAM (Efficient OS means this is OK) Over 7,500 programs available E.g. Palm, Handspring, Sony

5. CERN Map Palm application. Developed by Mark Dönszelmann at CERN. See http://www.cern.ch/building

6. Pocket PC Run Microsoft Windows Pocket PC (windows feel) Less efficient OS Generally wide range of applications as standard (Pocket Word, Pocket Outlook, MP3 players….) E.g. Compaq iPAQ, HP Jornada

7. Pockets PC / Handheld PC. Pocket PC. Screen quarter-VGA (320*240) Handheld PC. Screen half VGA or bigger (640*240, 640*480). With or without integrated keyboard. Windows CE OS (Pocket, Handheld versions) LINUX available.

8. Examples COMPAQ iPAQ - Colour, 206MHz StrongARM processor, 64MB. £400. HP Jornada - same specifications at iPAQ - Pocket or Handheld versions (MS Windows for Handheld PC).

9. Hardware types MS Pocket PC available on 3 different types of processor: Intel StrongARM. –COMPAQ iPAQ 3600 series. MIPS –Casio Cassiopeia E115, E125. Hitachi SH3. –HP Jornada 540 series (Only StrongARM & MIPS supported on MS Handheld systems.)

10. Future Devices...

12. Tablet PCs

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14. Dear Ken / Santa*, For Christmas I would like: [ ] Psion hand-held computer [ ] Palm hand-held computer [ ] Pocket PC [ ] Ultra portable laptop [ ] Cable modem connectivity [ ] ADSL connectivity [ ] Less e-mail * delete as appropriate.