Reposted: Original text from Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/china/windowsMobile/about/faq.mspx#1
Q: What is Pocket PC?
A: Pocket PC is a handheld device that helps you store and retrieve email, contacts, and dating information, play multimedia files, play video games, and browse the web content with MSN Messenger, browse the web content ... you will be able to be with desktop Machine implementation exchange and synchronization.
Q: What is Pocket PC PHON?
A: Although the geometry of the Pocket PC Phone is identical to the Pocket PC, but it has built-in wireless connection capabilities implemented by wireless operators like T-Mobile. The Phone Edition device contains all the features of the standard Pocket PC. Such devices also allow you to implement wireless access calls for Internet and enterprise network systems, and send email with transport rate far exceeding dial-up connection.
Q: What is smartphone?
A: Smartphone integrates the functionality characteristics of the PDA to the appearance size and the existing mobile phone. Smartphone's pocket keyboard is available to call voice or digital features in a single-handed manner. Such devices have been optimized around speech and text communication function; wireless access to Outlook information, and browsing companies and Internet information and services in a safe guarantee. Smartphone not only allows you to choose between the two communication methods of voice and text, but also give you the ability to implement access calls for information and services, so that you can keep your contacts in your busy schedule.
Q: What screen is this device?
A: The LCD Display (LCD) is a technique for achieving a plane display effect on a computer, Pocket PC, and other devices. The thin film transistor (TFT) display is an LCD panel of a transistor using a transistor for each pixel. This allows all Pocket PCs to present a brightly bright display effect in the premise of fast reactions and low energy consumption. Some models are even with backlight "background synthetic" TFT display function to provide maximum visual extent under dim light.
Q: How do such devices achieve synchronization with desktops?
A: Smartphone, Pocket PC and PCKET PC Phone are equipped with bases that can be synchronized through ActiveSync with desktops - and ActiveSync is a software program that is specifically used to manage connections between two devices. You can configure the ActiveSync to implement synchronization of information objects such as email, calendar, dating and contacts.
Q: What is Microsoft Pocket Outlook?
A: This is the mobile device version of Microsoft Outlook 2002. Pocket Outlook contains applications such as calendar, contacts, tasks, inboators, etc. These programs can help you arrange the date of the Pocket PC, manage contact information, arrange job tasks, or to implement wireless transmission and reception of handwritten and voice messages. You can achieve data synchronization between the Outlook 2002 on the Pocket Outlook and the desktop with ActiveSync.
Q: What is Microsoft Pocket Internet Explorer?
A: This is the mobile device version of Microsoft Internet Explorer. You can view the WEB or WAP page with Pocket Internet Explorer on the Pocket PC. While browsing the web, you can also download new files or programs from the Internet to the Pocket PC.
