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JackTheTripper
11-16-2002, 12:55 AM
I won't be online on Sunday so I thought I'd just post this now.

November 17, 1996 - First Windows CE system released

On this day in 1996, Windows officially introduced Windows CE, an operating system for hand-held devices. The Winpad, Microsoft's previous attempt to enter the market for hand-held devices, had failed in 1994. The new operating system was designed to communicate with Windows 95 machines and run devices that could synchronize data with desktop applications.

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ThomasC22
11-16-2002, 03:59 AM
Ironic then that so much is going to happen on the 18th isn't it?
Kati Compton
11-16-2002, 04:15 AM
Ironic then that so much is going to happen on the 18th isn't it?

Can't expect them to release devices on a Sunday... ;)
JackTheTripper
11-19-2002, 12:28 AM
Ironic then that so much is going to happen on the 18th isn't it?

Well, this might explain it...

November 18, 1996 Hand-held computers unveiled

Four hardware makers unveiled hand-held computers at an electronics show on this day in 1996. The computers were all designed to run Microsoft Windows CE, an operating system introduced at the show the previous day. The machines offered remote and wireless connections for checking e-mail and surfing the Web and allowed users to synchronize data with Windows programs. By 1999, the market for hand-held computers had grown to an estimated 5.7 million units, nearly fifty percent greater than 1998 sales, according to the research firm Dataquest.


I just said Windows CE was released on the 17th, didn't say anything about the PDA's. :D