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Ha, I started with Windows CE "Pocket PC". An HP iPaq H1930 iirc and then a Dell Axim x50v. These devices were really niche, to say the least. I’ve never seen
by pjerem 5y ago
Ha, I started with Windows CE "Pocket PC". An HP iPaq H1930 iirc and then a Dell Axim x50v.
These devices were really niche, to say the least. I’ve never seen another than the mines. Still, there was an astonishingly high number of available applications. Some developers from this era, especially game devs, are now great mobile devs.
Talking about games, there were some real gems on those devices. Hell, there was even an Age of Empires port. It’s sad that they are mostly lost.
- hnlmorg 5y agoI remember getting looks on the train on my commute to work playing Tomb Raider on my Pocket PC. You'd hold the device in landscape and use a combination of onscreen buttons and hardware controls. It behaved very much like the Nintendo Switch but a few years prior to the Nintendo DS (and with a larger screen too). I loved that device.
- peterburkimsher 5y agoMy mum had a blue Handspring Visor, which was great for playing Bejeweled on long car journeys in 1999! At the time I used a personal organiser from Time Magazine to note down homework assignments. In 2006, a friend at my parent's Bible study group donated an regionalised HTC Himalaya (Orange SPV M1000) running Windows Mobile 5. It was so powerful! My favourite was pPod, an iPod emulator. It could also run MSN messenger, and even though it needed a separate SDIO WiFi card to connect, it was possible continue chatting to a certain girl in California even after my bedtime XD Is there a place like MacintoshGarden/MacintoshRepository/WinWorldPC for old Pocket PC or Palm apps? I've got a small collection (Pocket PC below): Accessories: bkpmgr, btaudio.cab, cryptainer_le.arm.CAB, FinchSync.CAB, G7B0Keybd.ARM, GMobileSyncSetup.CAB, iPAQFoldableKeybd.ARM, Keyboard Driver.PPC300_2577.cab, NETCFv2.wm.armv4i.cab, OggSync.CAB, PocketTV.POCKETPC_ARM_POCKETGEAR_2000.CAB, SpbBackup.arm, SPB Keyboard Serial, SpbFullScreenKeyboard3.arm.cab, Stowaway Keyboard Driver.PPC300_2577.cab, Sunnysoft_BackupManager_3766_EN_build_08091.CAB, Webby200.cab, WiFiTunes.CAB, wlan11b-etsi.cab, FreqTune15setupARMSR1.EXE, PPCV16, Sunnysoft_BackupManager_3766_EN.exe Communications: AgileMessengerWMPPC.CAB, gizmo.jar, MinimoCE_0.016.cab, msn_2002.CAB, msn_2003.CAB, SJphone-PPC2003SE-303c.cab, SkypeForPocketPC_Beta.CAB Emulators, Control: AppleCE, Clicker_PocketPC_5.CAB, Mini vMac Plus, Mini vMac SE, Palm, PGPwireless for WinCE Desktop Integration, PocketIIe.PPC_ARM.CAB, PocketPuTTY.exe, pocketVNC.exe, ppcconnector.exe, RACtrlCE.cab, Remote Keyboard, rkb.PPC_ARM.CAB, Salling Clicker for Pocket PC.CAB, StyleTapDevice.cab, StyleTapDevice11003.CAB, ti83 Plus v1.03.rom, TIPocketEmulator.CAB, VNCVIEW.EXE, BibleReader_365_108, pPod, rkbsetup.exe, StyleTapSetup09150.exe, vti Factual Recall: BPeST_PPC.ARMV4.CAB, BPeST.cab, ConverterCE.ppc30_arm.CAB, lexipedia.cab, MxConv.PPC_ARM.CAB, OED, Pocket E-Sword, PocketXpdf_0.4.0.CAB, TomeRaider, Translator, BeSt, Bibles to Pocket PC, esword ppc2003setup252.exe, GNB.EXE, Pocket Oxford English Dictionary and MSDict Viewer PPC_5.10.43PG.exe, PocketOxfordEnglishDictionaryandMSDictViewerPPC_5.10.43.exe Games: AirHockeyinstall.Arm.CAB, AOE, Bejeweled-arm.exe, bejeweled-ppc-v2-51.cab, Chess_PPC.ARM.CAB, FreaK.arm.cab, GemSwap_PPC.CAB, Kevtris.CAB, pacman.PPC_ARM.CAB, PPcReversi.ARM.CAB, reversi_ppc, AOE, GemSwapPPC.exe, PacMan.exe Maps: BSGPSPDA.CAB, california.osm.bz2, CartoExploreur3CE.CAB, gmapsupp.img, GoogleMaps.CAB, GPS Speedo.exe, gpsed.ppc.cab, GPSGate, GpsPortPPC.exe, GPSTuner_v5.CAB, GPSViewer, gpsVPppc, MapAlive, mgmaps_wm, mgmaps-signed.jad, mgmaps.jad, MMPocketNav.PPC2K_ARM.CAB, MuskokaTech PathAway GPS 4.CAB, PathAway GPS 4 for Windows Mobile, PathAwayInstall.cab, Pocket Atlas-arm.arm.CAB, TomTom Taiwan, ptgmap_1 Multimedia: flash player 7_ppc_en.cab, JB_Piano.ARM.CAB, mobiolawebcam_3_1_8_wl_wm, pPod, SoftMaker Office 2006, tcpmp.pocketpc.0.72RC1.cab, vlc-0.8.5-svn-20060214-0130, VTSoundEditor, ofpw08beta.exe, PMPW04EV.EXE, pmpw06beta.exe, smcw06dict.exe, Softmaker Office 2008, Softmaker Trial Installer ofpw06ev.exe System: ActiveXPack1.PPC_ARM.CAB, CapSure.CAB, Cloudyfa_EsmertecJbed.cab, ExportContacts setup.CAB, Jbed-WM2003 Folder, mbutton.PPC_ARM.CAB, regedit.Mrln_ARM.CAB, SMS Export.cab, Ultimate Theft Alert v35 FULL with GPS and MONITOR Plugin, EZ150PPE.EXE, NETCFSetupv2.msi, Pocket PC WiFi Themes: Crossbow.tsk, iPhone Theme, Slide2UnLock1.19-WM5.cab Other: gps_tuner_5.1_code.exe, Missing_Sync_for_Windows_Mobile.app.zip, missing_sync_winmobile4.0.2.dmg, Softmaker Office, SPB Full Screen Keyboard, Taipei MGMaps, TomeRaider, TomTom, TT6 Navigator and Go, Unlocking, WM Memory Card, WM5 English
- pjerem 5y agoNice collection ! You can upload all of this to archive.org
- peterburkimsher 5y agoSorry, I tried but it got taken down pretty much immediately. Feel free to reach out to me personally though! I think it's a pity that the excellent workmanship that went into that software is now no longer being recognised, because the legacy devices aren't for sale. They were good tools!
- causi 5y agoOldHandhelds.com has a whole lot of stuff.
- watersb 5y agoWindows CE was really interesting, but irritating to use. The Start Menu on such a small screen was a very weird thing. It was clear that Microsoft was uncomfortable with anything that pointed away from their mainline desktop experience, they were always trying to reassure you that this computer in your pocket was a Real Windows™ Device. But the cleaned-up API, and the Execute In Place, and exFAT were all to the good side, slimming down to fit mobile hardware. And their communications stack was far superior to PalmOS at the time. I loved my Palm Pilot IIIx, though. Loved the Macintosh-like API. Dead simple to make the switch to that platform if you'd written a couple of Classic Mac apps.