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Operating Systems in Today’s Market
Brief History
One of the newest computer platforms that have been developed for today’s marketplace is the personal digital assistant, or PDA. ... Palm
reintroduced the PDA back into the market with its easy to use touch screen and stylus. ... The Palm operating system was simple and available to all third party vendors. ... Microsoft soon made its presence known with the introduction of its own operating system known as Windows CE.
DEVELOPMENT
Microsoft formed business alliances with Hewlett-Packard and Compaq to bring their own version of the PDA to market. ... Each company has continued to improve their product line to draw the greatest portion of the market sales. Windows CE operating system has also gone through several changes and is now being marketed under the label Microsoft Pocket PC. This new operating system is
Compaq IPAQ
more like a scaled down version of Windows XP. ... These key players are positioning themselves for the expected 425% market growth in the next four years. ...
Software and Data
The available software that runs on new Pocket PC operating system is one the primary reasons for the growth of this platform. ... The forth method is one that of the fastest growing technologies in the personal computer market and that is voice recognition. ... They have combined their resources to market leading edge technologies. ... This break through in storage will be a milestone for this market sector, but it
will be short lived by IBM’s February 2003 press release that will eclipse all previous new releases.
Approximate Word count = 1292
Approximate Pages = 5.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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