| Version of the Windows Mobile operating system | |
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 Today screen of Pocket PC 2000 | |
| Developer | Microsoft |
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| Source model | Closed source |
| Released to manufacturing | April 19, 2000 |
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| Kernel type | Hybrid (Windows CE) |
| License | Proprietary commercial software |
| Preceded by | Palm-size PC |
| Succeeded by | Pocket PC 2002 |
| Official website | www |
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Pocket PC 2000 (marketed as Pocket PC) was the first member of the Windows Mobile family of mobile operating systems that was released on April 19, 2000, and was based on Windows CE 3.0. It is the successor to the operating system aboard Palm-size PCs. Backwards compatibility was retained with such Palm-size PC applications.
Pocket PC 2000 was intended mainly for Pocket PC devices, however several Palm-size PC devices had the ability to be updated also. Furthermore, several Pocket PC 2000 phones were released (under the name Handheld PC 2000), however at this time, Microsoft's "Smartphone" hardware platform had not yet been created.
At this time, Pocket PC devices had not been standardized with a specific CPU architecture. As a result, Pocket PC 2000 was released on multiple CPU architectures, such as SH-3, MIPS, and ARM. The only resolution supported by this release was 240 x 320 (QVGA). Removable storage card formats that were supported were CompactFlash and MultiMediaCard. Infrared (IR) File beaming capability was among the original hardware features.
Aesthetically, Pocket PC 2000 was similar in design to the then-current Windows 98, Windows 2000, and the yet-to-be-released Windows Me desktop operating systems. This initial release had multiple built-in applications,[1] many of them similarly branded to match their desktop counterparts, such as Microsoft Reader, Microsoft Money, Pocket Internet Explorer, and Windows Media Player. A version of Microsoft Office called Pocket Office was also bundled and included Pocket Word, Pocket Excel and Pocket Outlook. Notes, a note-taking app saw its first release and would be supported by most later versions of Windows Mobile. Mainstream support for the operating system ended on September 30, 2005, and extended support ended on October 9, 2007.[2]
- ^ De Herrera, Chris. More Than a PDA! Archived August 21, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Pocket PC Magazine. Retrieved September 14, 2007.
- ^ "Microsoft Support Lifecycle" (in Italian). Microsoft. Archived from the original on March 16, 2013.