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Title: | HANDHELD COMPUTERS |
Authors: | Indrajeet Kumar |
Keywords: | CLAMSHELL DESIGN PALM OS Intel XScale processors |
Issue Date: | 18-Feb-2011 |
Abstract: | Four years ago Palm created the first successful PDA. Today it holds an 80% share of
the market for handheld computers. Its most serious competition is a family of devices
from various vendors based on the Windows CE operating system. In some ways the
competition between these two systems is reminiscent of the earlier Macintosh-
Windows battle. Users become familiar with a device and develop strong preferences.
The Palm OS was originally designed for a device
with 512K of memory and no hard disk. Subsequent models doubled and redoubled
available memory until the current generations of devices (IIIxe, Vx, IIIc) have 8M
RAM at the same or lower prices than the original model. Although the Palm OS was
modified to allow use of larger memory, it retains its original base architecture and
processing speed. It is almost impossible for an ordinary user to use anywhere near
the full 8M. Windows CE is a scaled down version of the Windows 9x operating
system. Just booting the system seems to use up 3M of the RAM, and with Pocket
versions of Word, Excel, IE, and (in some models) Access it is fairly simple to fill a
typical 16 or 32M systems. CE devices typically have a slot for a plug in "Compact
Flash card". |
Description: | Seminar report submitted in July 2010 in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech ) in Computer Science and Engineering under the Guideship of Pramod Pavithran |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2229 |
Appears in Collections: | Seminar Reports
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