<s>
Pocket	B-Operating_System
PC	I-Operating_System
2000	I-Operating_System
(	O
marketed	O
as	O
Pocket	B-Device
PC	I-Device
)	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
member	O
of	O
the	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
Mobile	I-Operating_System
family	O
of	O
mobile	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
that	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
April	O
19	O
,	O
2000	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
CE	I-Operating_System
3.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
successor	O
to	O
the	O
operating	O
system	O
aboard	O
Palm-size	B-Device
PCs	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Backwards	O
compatibility	O
was	O
retained	O
with	O
such	O
Palm-size	B-Device
PC	I-Device
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pocket	B-Operating_System
PC	I-Operating_System
2000	I-Operating_System
was	O
intended	O
mainly	O
for	O
Pocket	B-Device
PC	I-Device
devices	O
,	O
however	O
several	O
Palm-size	B-Device
PC	I-Device
devices	O
had	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
be	O
updated	O
also	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Furthermore	O
,	O
several	O
Pocket	B-Operating_System
PC	I-Operating_System
2000	I-Operating_System
phones	O
were	O
released	O
(	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Handheld	B-Operating_System
PC	I-Operating_System
2000	O
)	O
,	O
however	O
at	O
this	O
time	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
"	O
Smartphone	O
"	O
hardware	O
platform	O
had	O
not	O
yet	O
been	O
created	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
this	O
time	O
,	O
Pocket	B-Device
PC	I-Device
devices	O
had	O
not	O
been	O
standardized	O
with	O
a	O
specific	O
CPU	O
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
Pocket	B-Operating_System
PC	I-Operating_System
2000	I-Operating_System
was	O
released	O
on	O
multiple	O
CPU	O
architectures	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
SH-3	O
,	O
MIPS	B-Device
,	O
and	O
ARM	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Removable	O
storage	O
card	O
formats	O
that	O
were	O
supported	O
were	O
CompactFlash	B-Device
and	O
MultiMediaCard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aesthetically	O
,	O
Pocket	B-Operating_System
PC	I-Operating_System
2000	I-Operating_System
was	O
similar	O
in	O
design	O
to	O
the	O
then-current	O
Windows	B-Device
98	I-Device
,	O
Windows	B-Application
2000	I-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
yet-to-be-released	O
Windows	B-Device
Me	I-Device
desktop	O
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
initial	O
release	O
had	O
multiple	O
built-in	O
applications	O
,	O
many	O
of	O
them	O
similarly	O
branded	O
to	O
match	O
their	O
desktop	O
counterparts	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Reader	I-Operating_System
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Money	I-Application
,	O
Pocket	B-Application
Internet	I-Application
Explorer	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Windows	B-Device
Media	I-Device
Player	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
called	O
Pocket	B-Application
Office	I-Application
was	O
also	O
bundled	O
and	O
included	O
Pocket	O
Word	B-Application
,	O
Pocket	B-Operating_System
Excel	I-Operating_System
and	O
Pocket	O
Outlook	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notes	O
,	O
a	O
note-taking	O
app	O
saw	O
its	O
first	O
release	O
and	O
would	O
be	O
supported	O
by	O
most	O
later	O
versions	O
of	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
Mobile	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
released	O
in	O
1993	O
Windows	B-Device
for	I-Device
Pen	I-Device
Computing	I-Device
,	O
a	O
software	O
used	O
to	O
add	O
pen	O
computing	O
functions	O
to	O
mobile	O
computers	O
running	O
Windows	B-Application
3.1	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
's	O
potential	O
for	O
success	O
was	O
hampered	O
by	O
its	O
ponderous	O
base	O
code	O
and	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
handwriting	B-Application
recognition	I-Application
technology	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
had	O
practical	O
limitations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
that	O
time	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
also	O
began	O
work	O
on	O
a	O
project	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
device	O
used	O
to	O
communicate	O
with	O
paging	B-Application
systems	I-Application
,	O
and	O
its	O
operating	O
system	O
was	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
set-top	O
boxes	O
,	O
but	O
that	O
project	O
proved	O
to	O
be	O
too	O
ambitious	O
and	O
thus	O
folded	O
in	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
teams	O
of	O
the	O
two	O
cancelled	O
projects	O
were	O
consolidated	O
in	O
1995	O
,	O
and	O
Microsoft	O
hoped	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
mobile	O
device	O
that	O
ran	O
on	O
the	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
kernel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
decided	O
to	O
use	O
its	O
new	O
kernel	O
,	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
CE	I-Operating_System
,	O
after	O
realizing	O
that	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
was	O
too	O
bulky	O
to	O
fit	O
on	O
a	O
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
kernel	O
debuted	O
in	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
"	O
Handheld	B-Operating_System
PC	I-Operating_System
"	O
,	O
and	O
reappeared	O
in	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
Palm-size	B-Device
PC	I-Device
,	O
both	O
of	O
which	O
were	O
criticized	O
for	O
their	O
slow	O
performance	O
,	O
short	O
battery	O
life	O
,	O
and	O
graphical	O
user	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
these	O
devices	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
had	O
only	O
ten	O
percent	O
of	O
the	O
personal	B-Application
digital	I-Application
assistant	I-Application
(	O
PDA	B-Application
)	O
market	O
share	O
,	O
whereas	O
its	O
rival	O
,	O
Palm	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
had	O
over	O
half	O
of	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
reapproached	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
CE	I-Operating_System
's	O
design	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
its	O
third	O
PDA	B-Application
,	O
then	O
codenamed	O
"	O
Rapier	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Operating_System
CE	I-Operating_System
3.0	O
became	O
the	O
operating	O
system	O
for	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
next	O
PDA	B-Application
and	O
the	O
first	O
member	O
of	O
the	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
Mobile	I-Operating_System
family	O
,	O
Pocket	B-Device
PC	I-Device
,	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
launched	O
on	O
April	O
19	O
,	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Japanese-language	O
edition	O
of	O
Pocket	B-Device
PC	I-Device
was	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
July	O
13	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
distinguish	O
it	O
from	O
its	O
successors	O
,	O
the	O
operating	O
system	O
is	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
Pocket	B-Operating_System
PC	I-Operating_System
2000	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Built	O
on	O
the	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
CE	I-Operating_System
3.0	O
kernel	O
,	O
the	O
user	O
interface	O
was	O
designed	O
from	O
the	O
ground	O
up	O
to	O
more	O
closely	O
resemble	O
Palm	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
's	O
and	O
much	O
less	O
that	O
of	O
a	O
personal	O
computer	O
,	O
while	O
still	O
retaining	O
the	O
look	O
and	O
feel	O
of	O
Windows	O
desktops	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
to	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
line	O
of	O
PDAs	B-Application
is	O
tapping	O
and	O
holding	O
on	O
items	O
to	O
open	O
context	O
menus	O
,	O
analogous	O
to	O
right-clicking	O
on	O
a	O
desktop	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Files	O
are	O
managed	O
using	O
the	O
File	B-Protocol
Explorer	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Character	B-Application
input	O
is	O
provided	O
via	O
either	O
an	O
online	O
character	B-Application
or	O
handwriting	B-Application
recognition	I-Application
system	I-Application
or	O
an	O
on-screen	O
keyboard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pocket	B-Operating_System
PC	I-Operating_System
2000	I-Operating_System
is	O
bundled	O
with	O
a	O
pocket	O
version	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
,	O
an	O
office	O
suite	O
that	O
features	O
pocket	O
versions	O
of	O
Excel	B-Application
and	O
Word	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
included	O
is	O
a	O
pocket	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
web	O
browser	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
,	O
based	O
on	O
version	O
3.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Features	O
of	O
version	O
3.1	O
not	O
supported	O
by	O
Pocket	B-Application
Internet	I-Application
Explorer	I-Application
are	O
Java	B-Application
applets	I-Application
;	O
VBScript	B-Application
;	O
and	O
the	O
HTML	B-General_Concept
tags	I-General_Concept
,	O
,	O
,	O
,	O
,	O
,	O
and	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
released	O
a	O
separate	O
add-on	O
offering	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
128-bit	O
Secure	B-Protocol
Sockets	I-Protocol
Layer	I-Protocol
protocol	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
capabilities	O
of	O
the	O
hardware	O
devices	O
running	O
Pocket	B-Device
PC	I-Device
made	O
the	O
operating	O
system	O
suitable	O
for	O
multimedia	O
and	O
playing	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
CE	I-Operating_System
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Device
Media	I-Device
Player	I-Device
is	O
used	O
to	O
play	O
back	O
MP3	B-Application
and	O
WMA	B-Application
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Voice	B-Application
Recorder	I-Application
is	O
used	O
to	O
capture	O
sound	O
via	O
the	O
device	O
's	O
microphone	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
then	O
saved	O
in	O
the	O
WAV	O
format	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
played	O
back	O
here	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
majority	O
of	O
the	O
games	O
for	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
CE	I-Operating_System
were	O
made	O
freely	O
downloadable	O
from	O
the	O
Internet	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
few	O
were	O
titles	O
launched	O
commercially	O
at	O
retail	O
stores	O
and	O
on	O
websites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Included	O
in	O
every	O
Pocket	B-Device
PC	I-Device
device	O
is	O
the	O
phenomenal	O
card	O
game	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Solitaire	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
Pocket	B-Operating_System
PC	I-Operating_System
2000	I-Operating_System
devices	O
have	O
a	O
USB	B-Protocol
port	O
and	O
an	O
infrared	O
port	O
that	O
meets	O
the	O
Infrared	O
Data	O
Association	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
USB	B-Protocol
port	O
has	O
the	O
sole	O
function	O
of	O
synchronizing	O
data	O
with	O
PCs	O
and	O
does	O
not	O
support	O
peripherals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
infrared	O
port	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
transfer	O
data	O
between	O
PCs	O
or	O
other	O
Pocket	B-Device
PC	I-Device
devices	O
at	O
a	O
maximum	O
speed	O
of	O
115.2kbps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
Pocket	B-Operating_System
PC	I-Operating_System
2000	I-Operating_System
devices	O
shipped	O
with	O
32MB	O
of	O
random	B-Architecture
access	I-Architecture
memory	I-Architecture
(	O
RAM	B-Architecture
)	O
and	O
a	O
few	O
had	O
an	O
expansion	O
slot	O
for	O
memory	B-Device
cards	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
slots	O
supported	O
PC	O
cards	O
and	O
those	O
for	O
mobile	O
devices	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
CompactFlash	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
this	O
time	O
,	O
there	O
was	O
no	O
set	O
standard	O
for	O
which	O
instruction	B-General_Concept
set	I-General_Concept
architecture	I-General_Concept
to	O
use	O
,	O
but	O
all	O
devices	O
used	O
either	O
MIPS	B-Device
,	O
SH-3	O
,	O
or	O
StrongARM	B-Device
processors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CNET	O
compared	O
Pocket	B-Operating_System
PC	I-Operating_System
2000	I-Operating_System
and	O
Palm	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
devices	O
and	O
considered	O
the	O
latter	O
to	O
be	O
its	O
favorite	O
personal	B-Application
digital	I-Application
assistant	I-Application
,	O
scoring	O
it	O
8	O
points	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
—	O
one	O
point	O
higher	O
than	O
Pocket	B-Device
PC	I-Device
—	O
because	O
of	O
its	O
simple	O
interface	O
,	O
stability	O
,	O
and	O
lower	O
price	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
praised	O
Pocket	B-Device
PC	I-Device
's	O
improved	O
user	O
interface	O
,	O
bundled	O
applications	O
and	O
ability	O
to	O
continuously	O
synchronize	O
mobile	O
and	O
desktop	O
computer	O
data	O
,	O
but	O
criticized	O
its	O
inconsistent	O
character	B-Application
recognition	I-Application
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
concluded	O
that	O
Pocket	B-Device
PC	I-Device
was	O
best	O
suited	O
for	O
users	O
who	O
liked	O
Windows	O
and	O
were	O
unconcerned	O
about	O
budget	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
InfoWorld	O
viewed	O
the	O
operating	O
system	O
as	O
an	O
excellent	O
platform	O
for	O
application	O
developers	O
,	O
especially	O
those	O
writing	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
praising	O
the	O
ease	O
of	O
development	O
and	O
portability	O
of	O
Windows	O
applications	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
support	O
for	O
networking	O
and	O
database	O
access	O
,	O
although	O
criticizing	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
scripting	O
in	O
JScript	B-Language
and	O
VBScript	B-Application
and	O
decisions	O
by	O
hardware	O
manufacturers	O
such	O
as	O
to	O
limit	O
the	O
devices	O
to	O
one	O
expansion	O
slot	O
,	O
not	O
design	O
their	O
USB	B-Protocol
ports	O
for	O
expandability	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
underpowered	O
infrared	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
wrote	O
that	O
Pocket	B-Device
PC	I-Device
was	O
a	O
viable	O
alternative	O
to	O
laptops	O
for	O
its	O
price	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Within	O
ten	O
months	O
,	O
one	O
million	O
devices	O
running	O
Pocket	B-Operating_System
PC	I-Operating_System
2000	I-Operating_System
were	O
shipped	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NPD	O
Intelect	O
reported	O
that	O
in	O
the	O
US	O
,	O
the	O
devices	O
made	O
for	O
26	O
percent	O
of	O
sales	O
priced	O
at	O
$350	O
or	O
higher	O
,	O
but	O
only	O
10	O
percent	O
of	O
sales	O
overall	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
Palm	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
devices	O
filled	O
almost	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
the	O
market	O
share	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
August	O
,	O
about	O
twomillion	O
Pocket	B-Device
PC	I-Device
devices	O
were	O
sold	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
best-selling	O
model	O
series	O
was	O
Compaq	O
's	O
iPAQ	B-Application
,	O
which	O
had	O
dominated	O
the	O
market	O
since	O
its	O
debut	O
in	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
operating	O
system	O
's	O
successor	O
,	O
Pocket	B-Operating_System
PC	I-Operating_System
2002	I-Operating_System
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
October	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
