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Put a PC in your pocket
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(IDG) -- Never underestimate the importance of being cool. That's a lesson Pocket PC device designers are finally starting to learn.
Sporting sleek designs, added functions, and new features, the latest incarnation of Windows-powered personal digital assistants--called Pocket PCs--are here, and they aren't your father's CE devices. These palmtops, built by Hewlett-Packard, Compaq, Casio, and others, run the latest version of the Windows CE operating system, which Microsoft now calls Windows for Pocket PC.
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PC World tested three Windows-powered Pocket PCs: Compaq's sleek, silvery IPaq 3650 device from the IPaq H3600 series, Hewlett-Packard's charcoal-colored plastic Jornada 545 from the 540 series, and Casio's chunky Cassiopeia E-115, the latest in the E-100 series.
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While the IPaq rivals Palm's wafer-thin V series in design coolness, Hewlett-Packard's charcoal-colored Jornada doesn't lag far behind. By way of comparison, Casio's 3/4-inch thick, 3-by-5-inch, 9-ounce Cassiopeia E-115 looks like a Neanderthal throwback to the early, large, boxy models in the E-100 line. Heft aside, the E-115 is better than its predecessors thanks to some long-overdue usability improvements in the Windows operating system for handhelds.
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