The PocketPC operating system range is a re-branded Microsoft Windows CE, which had aquired the unfortunate abbreviation of "WinCE". The majority of PocketPC devices use an ARM CPU, but others such as MIPS and SH3 are fairly commonplace. To find out which type you have, do the following:

The PocketPC operating system range is a re-branded Microsoft Windows CE, which had aquired the unfortunate abbreviation of "WinCE". The majority of PocketPC devices use an ARM CPU, but others such as MIPS and SH3 are fairly commonplace. To find out which type you have, do the following:

-- BarachoJr - 29 Oct 2003 -- VikOlliver - 30 Oct 2003

-- BarachoJr - 29 Oct 2003 -- VikOlliver - 26 Dec 2003

The PocketPC operating system range is a re-branded Microsoft Windows CE, which had aquired the unfortunate abbreviation of "WinCE". The majority of PocketPC devices use an ARM CPU, but others such as MIPS and SH3 are fairly commonplace. To find out which type you have, do the following:

The PocketPC operating system range is a re-branded Microsoft Windows CE, which had aquired the unfortunate abbreviation of "WinCE". The majority of PocketPC devices use an ARM CPU, but others such as MIPS and SH3 are fairly commonplace. To find out which type you have, do the following:

PocketPC

1. Call up the main menu, usually by tapping the Windows icon.
2. Select "Settings"
3. Select the "System" tab
4. Select the "About" application
5. Click on the "Version" tab.

-- BarachoJr - 29 Oct 2003

You may find the CPU described as an 'Xscale' or a 'PXA nnn' . These are actually variants of the ARM CPU and behave in much the same way as far as SuperWaba is concerned.

For more information on PocketPC see the following links:

http://www.cewindows.net/wce/30/pocketpcfaq.htm - Advice on using PocketPCs
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/products/pocketpc/default.mspx - Microsoft sales puff
http://www.ppcfrance.com/ - Un site de PocketPC en Francais

-- BarachoJr - 29 Oct 2003 -- VikOlliver - 30 Oct 2003

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-- BarachoJr - 29 Oct 2003