How to Do Everything with Your Pocket PC and Handheld PC

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Learn to set up all the features and productivity applications on your Windows CE,connect and sync to your desktop PC,send and receive e-mail,download games,utilities,and MP3 files,and so much more. This book shows you how to do,well,EVERYTHING!

Take full advantage of all the features your Pocket PC and Handheld PC have to offer with the help from this easy-to-follow guide. Wherever you go,stay up-to-date with your e-mail,appointments,to-do lists,and contact data. Connect to the...

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Overview

Learn to set up all the features and productivity applications on your Windows CE,connect and sync to your desktop PC,send and receive e-mail,download games,utilities,and MP3 files,and so much more. This book shows you how to do,well,EVERYTHING!

Take full advantage of all the features your Pocket PC and Handheld PC have to offer with the help from this easy-to-follow guide. Wherever you go,stay up-to-date with your e-mail,appointments,to-do lists,and contact data. Connect to the Internet,create documents using the Pocket Office programs,share information with other handheld devices,synch up to your desktop PC,play games,and download software. This handy resource explains how you can be more productive and always accessible using your Pocket PC or Handheld PC.

Inside,learn to:

  • Navigate the desktop and input data using handwriting,keyboard,or voice input
  • Use ActiveSync to connect to your desktop PC
  • Manage contacts,appointments,and tasks with Pocket Outlook
  • Use the Pocket Office Suite—Pocket Word,Pocket Excel,Pocket Access,and Pocket PowerPoint
  • Send and receive e-mail with your Pocket PC or Handheld PC Inbox
  • Connect to the Internet and browse the Web with Pocket Internet Explorer
  • Record and play sound files with the voice recorder
  • Network to other computers and exchange data
  • Download games,software,and utilities
  • Use peripherals such as storage cards,Clik!,SuperDisk,and CD-ROM drives,digital cameras,printers,and network interface cards
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780072124200
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
  • Publication date: 5/1/2000
  • Series: How to Do Everything Series
  • Pages: 602
  • Product dimensions: 7.42 (w) x 9.16 (h) x 1.42 (d)

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Chapter 1: Welcome to Windows for Pocket and Handheld PCs

How to...
  • Recognize the Handheld PC, Handheld PC Professional, Palm-size PC, Auto PC, and Pocket PC platforms
  • Know what Windows Powered devices include
  • Know the different parts of Windows for Pocket and Handheld PCs
In 1996, several companies, including Hewlett-Packard, Casio, Sharp, and Compaq, began selling a brand-new device called a Handheld PC. Handheld PCs run Microsoft software that includes the Windows CE operating system and other programs for managing personal information and creating documents and spreadsheets. The Handheld PC was only the first of a variety of different types of what Microsoft now calls Windows Powered devices. The devices continue to evolve and include the brand-new Pocket PC, which will be available during the second quarter of 2000. Each device is designed so that you can work with the information important to you, wherever it is needed, and in the manner you find most comfortable.

Windows Powered devices do more than just manage appointments, addresses, and task lists, though they do that very well. With a Windows Powered device, you can read your e-mail and surf the Web. You can write a letter, balance your checkbook, make voice recordings, read books, and listen to music. In the case of the Pocket PC, all these things are possible in a device that can rest on your hand and fit in your pocket.

Everyone's information needs are different, and the Windows software for Pocket and Handheld PCs provides you with all the tools to meet your needs. This book is about how to use this software to make your Handheld or Pocket PC your own personal informationappliance.

Each component of Windows for Pocket and Handheld PCs is covered in depth in the chapters of this book. It focuses on the current versions of the software that run on Handheld PC Professionals and Pocket PCs. While older versions continue to exist, and much of what is contained in this book applies to those versions, the focus is on the newest software for these two platforms.

We begin here by laying the foundation, learning about all the different hardware platforms that combined are the Windows Powered devices. This chapter also includes an introduction to Windows for Pocket and Handheld PCs, all of which is explained in more detail in the remaining chapters of this book.

A Handheld PC Professional includes the same types of hardware used for Handheld PCs. The professional version of the device is different because it has newer versions of the Windows software, but in reality it is replacing the Handheld PC. Throughout this book 1 simply refer to the Handheld PC, which means a Windows-powered device that uses a keyboard and runs the latest version of Windows for Handheld PCs.

Information Applianccs

In the 71 years since it was introduced, the television set has undergone a number of changes.

From black-and-white to color images, and simple 19-inch round displays to 35-inch flat panels, the television set has been improved and re-invented. Through it all, one thing has remained constant: each television set has a button, and when you press that button the screen springs to life to display what we commonly call TV. It is true of all consumer electronic devices that we expect them to work the instant we turn them on. Radios and CD players start playing music and Gameboys start playing games. What about your personal computer? What happened the last time you turned it on? Did it spring to life and start computing?

In offices all around the world, the following ritual is played out every morning; you might even find yourself doing it: after fighting through traffic and dragging yourself and the work you brought home into your cube or office, you hang up your coat, turn on your computer, grab your coffee mug, and head for the coffee machine. Sound familiar? This ritual has come about because of what is known as the booting process of personal computers. Computers are very sophisticated devices capable of doing remarkable things; but despite all their power, they forget everything they know the instant the power is turned off.

Perhaps your boss has heard that notebook computers can make employees more productive, so he or she buys you one. Despite the fact that you are now expected to work 14-hour days, that seems to be a small price to pay as you open the box of your brand-new notebook computer. Who cares how much you are now expected to work? Your notebook is cool and nobody else in your department has one.

Over time, you stumble across the Outlook icon on the desktop and discover that it can store appointments, contacts, and tasks. In fact, you learn that it can be used for all of the same functions as the planner you carry with you all of the time. You realize that if you use Outlook to manage your time, rather than your planner, you would have one less item to carry home every night. Plus, carrying it into meetings gives you a chance to show off your notebook to your envious co-workers. So, you begin the task of entering all of the appointments, tasks, and contacts from your planner into Outlook. This works splendidly during the day, as everything is right there at your fingertips as you work on your computer. Then comes your business trip. As you enter the airport, your pager goes off. You seek out the nearest telephone booth to call your boss, who wants to know whether you are available the day you get back to attend an important meeting with a potential client. With one hand on the telephone, you unzip the bag that contains your notebook computer, fumble around to turn it on, and then wait for what seems an eternity while your boss grows impatient and you watch puffy clouds on your screen. You wish you had the Franklin planner that you left on your dresser at home.

Wouldn't it be great if your computer were as easy to use as a television set and functioned from the moment you turned it on? That is the promise of information appliances. In his book The Invisible Computer, Donald Norman defines the information appliance as ". . . an appliance specializing in information: knowledge, facts, graphics, images, video, or sound. An information appliance is designed to perform a specific activity, such as music, photography, or writing. A distinguishing feature of information appliances is the ability to share information among themselves...

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Table of Contents

Part I: Getting Started.
Chapter 1: Welcome to Windows for Pocket and Handheld PCs.
Chapter 2: Getting Acquainted with Your Pocket PC and Handheld PC.
Chapter 3: Moving Information Into Your Device.
Part II: Getting Things Done.
Chapter 4: Using Pocket Outlook.
Chapter 5: Creating Documents.
Chapter 6: Crunching Numbers.
Chapter 7: Managing Your Money.
Chapter 8: Using Voice Recordings.
Chapter 9: Displaying Presentations Using Pocket PowerPoint.
Chapter 10: Working with Databases Using Pocket Access.
Chapter 11: Accessory Programs.
Chapter 12: Must-Have Programs You Can Download.
Chapter 13: Using Your Pocekt PC and Handheld PC at the Office.
Chapter 14: Let the Games Begin.
Chapter 15: Traveling with Your Pocket PC and Handheld PC.
Part III: Going Online.
Chapter 16: Connecting to the Internet.
Chapter 17: Using the Internet.
Chapter 18: Taking Web Content with You.
Part IV: Customizing Your Pocekt POC and Handheld PC.
Chapter 18: Using Control Panel Settings.
(and more...)
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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 14, 2000

    A Very Useful Book

    This is a very, very useful book. Whether you're looking for a reference manual or a user guide, you'll definitely find the information you need here. The many (over 600) pictures and highlighted tips and notes make 'How to Do Everything with Your Pocket PC and Handheld PC' easy to read, as well as making it easy to quickly find the information you're looking for. Even the most experienced Handheld and Pocket PC users will find information they didn't know in this useful book.

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