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PocketPC 2003 Reviewed
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."
Why don't they make a pocket pc with the Ipod harddrive inside?
I just wish somebody would add wireless networking to the things already like they did with the tablet PCs. Those are sweet.
Is PocketPC 2k3 Xscale optimized?
That's really the million dollar question. PocketPC 2002 is not, and it's a real shame, because it hurts the performance of those 400mhz Xscale CPU's pretty badly.
As a network connection will most likely also be used for web browsing Microsoft completely revamped the rendering architecture of the PocketPC Internet Explorer which not only speeds thing up considerably but also offers support for more internet standards. Standards that are now available in PocketPC 2003 are XHTML, CSS, HTML 4.0, JavaScript 5.5, WAP 2.0, WTLS, IPv6 and many more, which makes the PocketPC web browser compatible with the vast majority of websites found on the internet and intranets which often use some of the more exotic protocols.
All I can say is ABOUT TIME! I don't even bother trying to do any web browsing on my Dell Axim X5 running Pocket PC 2002. It's just disgusting that they have an IE 3.x based browser running on something so new!
I wonder if we'll see any upgrades to the browser for Pocket PC 2002, or if we will need to purchase a new device with 2003 on it. Let me guess...
I just got a Toshiba e355 and like the article says, it includes windows media player 9. The biggest thing for me anyway, is that pressing the home button brings up Home Version 2.00 with a games tab, a programs tab, a main tab and a running tab. The running tab makes it much much easier to actually close programs. I haven't noticed much else different between 2003 and 2002(I used to have an HP1910 until it stopped syncing and Best Buy replaced it with this three days ago.)
And for any wondering about the Toshiba e355, I can transfer files fine using Synce
And here are some specs for it.
Instead of modding down, why don't the smartasses "In the Know" reply to the post with some facts as to why IE isn't standards compliant? Just because IE has a bunch of new junk that Mozilla, Netscape, and Opera can't see doesn't mean it isn't standards compliant. Flame the webmaster or Mozilla if you want new crap.
I see this post coming up in meta mod. Expect my vote to be unfair.
I agree. I can't wait to use a slower toolkit like .NET on a handheld. Troll me if you want, but I use WinCE/VS/VS.NET for a living, and it's true.
Vote for global prefs bug
I disagree completely. I've got at least one of just about every PDA out there - several Palms, PocketPCs, even the Zaurus. Palm has a great collection of apps available, and it's much better at synchronizing with Outlook than is the PocketPC. PocketOutlook is awful compared to what's available on the Palm. Further, I get weeks of battery life out of my Palm. The one feature that I really like on PacketPCs is the way the file system appears under Windows as a USB hard drive. That one feature was almost enough to make me use the PacketPC for daily work over the Palm. But not quite. Larry