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Books : Computing & Internet : Hardware : Handheld Computers : Pocket PCs
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Unusually for Microsoft, its Windows CE version 1 and 2 handheld PDA devices never took off in the same way as its desktop PC software. The company had a rethink, and with version 3, redesigned the user interface, dumped the CE badge, and came up with Windows-Powered Pocket PCs. Unlike earlier versions of CE which were also sold in clamshell-keyboard designs, the new Pocket PCs are in the palm form factor only. Whatever you think about CE in its various guises, it's an immensely powerful platform, and what enthusiastic or curious users really need is a decent book to guide them through the intricacies.Enter Frank McPherson's aptly titled How to do everything with your Pocket PC and Handheld PC. Throughout the 602 pages, McPherson literally tackles just about everything you can do with one of these devices, and sensibly covers both the brand new palm form factor PocketPCs, along with the older Windows CE Handheld PCs with keyboards and bigger screens.
The book is divided into four sections. The first gets you started with some interesting history on the platform, along with actually getting connected to PCs for synchronising information--if you thought serial cables and infra red was as clever as synchronising got, McPherson also explains how to do it over an ethernet network and remote dialup connections. The second section deals with the standard applications like Pocket Outlook, Pocket Word and Pocket Excel; it also covers the recent inclusion of Pocket Money, along with using Pocket PowerPoint, Pocket Access, and finding the best games and third party utilities to download.
Speaking of which, Section Three deals with going online and taking Web content with you on the move, while Section Four handles customisation with Control Panel tips and explanations of peripherals. The latter chapter in particular clears up some popular misconceptions: for example, the Iomega Clik! PC Card drive won't work in the Handheld PC's PC Card slot, and the only thing you can connect to a Handheld PCs USB port is a mouse. All in all, it's an invaluable book for anyone who has got either an old Windows CE Handheld PC, or one of the new Windows-Powered Pocket PCs. --Gordon Laing
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What we have here is a teeny-tiny user's manual for a teeny-tiny computer. The Pocket PC shows how to use devices based on Windows CE, regardless of their manufacturer. This book is equally applicable to devices from Compaq (the iPAQ series), Casio (Casiopeia), Hewlett-Packard (Jornada) and Symbol Technologies (the PPT series). Author Steve Seroshek has documented the operating system and its key applications accurately and thoroughly, but he doesn't dig very deeply into aftermarket software, customisation or obscure hints and tricks. As a result, the book is slender, uncluttered and easy for newcomers to the Pocket PC environment to follow. It will seem overly simple to users with even moderate familiarity with other platforms, but novices will welcome this approach.The coverage in these pages, particularly synchronisation of the Pocket PC's contents with a "mother ship" computer for purposes of data backup and e-mail communication, is accurate and easy to follow. Special situations come up too--users of AOL learn that they have to install a patch to get mail from their Pocket PCs. With its fine index, this book is a very good supplement to Windows CE's online help. --David Wall
Topics covered: Use of the Pocket PC family of PDAs, with emphasis on ActiveSync (via the cradle, a modem, or wireless link). Other sections deal with how to do work and have fun with Pocket PC applications, including Pocket Word, Pocket Excel and Windows Media Player.
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