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Palm-size PC
The palm-size PC was Microsoft's
first attempt at a computer
conforming to a palmtop profile (or, as commonly referred to, a PDA).
These devices demonstrated many firsts for this form factor,
including wave sound output, color and (comparatively)
high-resolution screens,
and a standardized software
environment that ran on many different manufacturers' hardware
platforms.
Palm-size PCs were unique in that they were one of the few
standardized modern computing platforms that did not use any
standard microprocessor
- Palm-size PCs were available with ARM,
SH3,
MIPS,
and x86
processors. The palm-size PC was never hugely successful, and
Microsoft later replaced it with the Pocket
PC.
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