IS POCKET PC REACHED ITS SUNSET?

Will you believe that the small pocket computers called the Pocket PC were being started invention since 1970? Believe it! In 1982, Hewlett Packard (HP) started inventing the first pocket PC which was capable only one sentence.
Its name was HP-75.
It was reconfigured by a LCD screen like a calculator and driven by the basic operation system.
Its CPU has only 8 bit. It was being produced as Hp-75C and HP-75D and the cost was about USD 995!

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In the pocket PC like HP 95LX, HP 100LX and HP 200LX and in PDAs (Personal Digital Assistance), the specifications were being modified.
Operation systems like MS-DOS of Microsoft were being used.


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Like so, as the proficiency of pocket PC and PDAs are becoming high, there were some questions even if pocket PC could replace the position of laptop?
Most pocket PC and PDAs came out in these days are used Windows Mobile OS of Microsoft and even in some movies’ casts it was found that they are being used as the artifacts of actors and actresses.
Also in Myanmar, pocket PC entered into the local around the year 2000.
And in the songs of the released album ” Ka Na Lay Myar ” of Lay Phyu, ” Min Mha Min”, it was found that the performer Khine Su Myat Mon held the HP iPAQ H2210 pocket PC.
Around 2005-2006, Ko Ye Myat Thu from Alpha wrote Thipitaka applications for pocket PC.

Image-3 HP iPAQ H2210 Pocket PC

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But in 2007, the development of smart phones were becoming faster.
In 2007, Apple introduced its first iPhone.
Thus, iPhone became the world’s first smart phone with multi-touch screen.
At these times, it was also known because typing can be done faster by using this phone.
In 2008, the Android smart phone was introduced.
The smart phone called HTC Dream was came out with physical keyboard.

Image-4 HTC Dream

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Later 2010, Google updated android.
Various smart phones used touch system are came out and the open source, android was also developed with a higher speed.
The proficiency of each smart phone was also developed and used in many aspects as multipurpose.
In the IT field, pocket PC entered to the lives of users earlier than the smart phones but it couldn’t fight the smart phones in the fast technology age.
Many are asking that if the world’s largest pocket PC company, Hewlett Packard (HP) could continuously produce pocket PC and PDAs used Microsoft and Windows Mobile OS.
Microsoft that produce Windows OS which is the most usable and most successful in computer operation system was failed in the mobile world.
Moreover the pocket pc and PDAs, even in windows system used smart phones, the percentage of windows phone are the least.

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The aspect of pocket PC and PDAs is being narrow in the future.
Listening music, photographing, mailing, using internet, stopping and etc., from only a smart phone is being more enjoyed by the customers.
The consumers are replacing the pocket PC by multipurpose smart phones.
For continuing the lives of pocket pc haven’t much choices.
It’s only left to answer bravely that if it choose the Android OS as an open source in future instead of Windows Mobile OS.
The CEO of Microsoft said, ” iPhone changed the world by smart phones. But Android made this change to be huge real Pocket PC.”