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PocketPC 2003 Reviewed

Posted by timothy on from the posted-from-a-zaurus dept.

Sander Sassen writes "Prior to the official launch of the Microsoft PocketPC 2003 platform next Monday, Hardware Analysis puts an Asus MyPal a620 PocketPC to the test and details what new features PocketPC 2003 brings to the table and whether it is worth it to upgrade from 2002."

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  1. haha by Poofat · · Score: 5, Funny

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    1. Re:haha by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

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    2. Re:haha by DarkAurora · · Score: 2, Funny

      I see your:

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  2. Is that a PocketPC in your pants by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Or are you just glad to see me? Oh wait, it's Slashdot, must be a PocketPC.

    1. Re:Is that a PocketPC in your pants by drdale · · Score: 4, Funny

      Oh wait, it's Slashdot, you must be glad to see MY PocketPC.

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  3. Price by jesler · · Score: 5, Funny

    The article lists the price as

    Price: +/- 350 dollar, 329 euro

    I assume they use "+/-" to mean approxiamately. If not, I'll choose the -$350 option and you can pay me to use this thing.

    1. Re:Price by Waffle+Iron · · Score: 2, Funny

      You actually don't want the -$350 one because that version is made of antimatter. It's a little too hot to handle.

  4. Sloppiest editing I've ever seen. by GlenRaphael · · Score: 4, Funny
    Boy, they must have been in a big hurry to get that article out before someone else beat them to the punch!

    Page 1 says "Mircrosoft" will launch the thing, and "thereâ(TM)s some changes"

    According to page 2, 2.5G is now "fully supported a offers GSM suspend/resume" while meanwhile, "on the multimedia site of things..."

    Page 5 tells us there are "a few welcome extraâ(TM)s" and "we clocked between 10 till 12 hours on the battery..."

    Quick, somebody make this guy a Slashdot editor!

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  5. Microsoft goes out on a limb by SensitiveMale · · Score: 4, Funny

    From the article "On the multimedia site of things Microsoft has wisely adapted Media Player 9 for the PocketPC 2003 platform, offering even smaller file sizes and smoother playback.

    And I heard from MS developers that they were gonna drop Media Player 9 on the PocketPC and go solely with QuickTime.

    Next we'll read that MS has wisely adapted pocket versions od Word and Excel rather than WordPerfect and 123.

  6. PocketPCs by instinctdesign · · Score: 2, Funny

    Tiny computers running Windows are not a good idea, when I get upset at them there isn't anything to prevent me from throwing them out a real window...

    (to quoteth my brother)

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