Introduction to the Resources of Pocket PC

1. Introduction to the Resources of Pocket PC Bo-Yuan Pengbypeng@cobra.ee.ntu.edu.tw National Taiwan University

2. Outline • Introduction to PDAs • Palm vs. Pocket PC • Introduction to Windows CE • Pocket PC Emulators • Windows CE Programming

3. Introduction to PDAs • What is a PDA? • PDA: Personal Digital Assistant • Mobile computing tool • Real “notebook” • Replacement of laptop PC? • Replacement of cellular phone?

4. Introduction to PDAs (cont’d) • How powerful is it? • Notebook • Calculator • Tape(??) recorder • eBook • Mobile Internet (!!) • Game • MATLAB?? (Oh, my god?)

5. Palm Pocket PC Palm vs. Pocket PC

6. Palm CPU: Motorola DragonBall chip MC68k series Display : TFT; LCD( gray or color ) 160 x 160 pixels ROM/FROM : 2 ~ 4 MB RAM : 2 ~ 8 MB Expansion Card Slot Serial port; USB connector; Infrared Wireless Pocket PC CPU: Intel Strong ARM; MIPS; SH3 Display: 240x320x12; TFT Touch Screen ROM: 16~32 MB Flash RAM: 16~32 MB SDRAM Audio: Record/Play (MP3!!) Expansion Pack USB; Infrared; serial port; Wireless Palm vs. Pocket PC (cont’d)

7. Palm CodeWarrior http://www.metrowerks.com/products/palm/ Appforge http://www.appforge.com/ GCC http://sourceforge.net/projects/prc-tools/ etc…  Pocket PC Appforge http://www.appforge.com/ eMbedded Visual Tools http://www.microsoft.com/mobile/developer/downloads/ Palm vs. Pocket PC (cont’d) $399 !! $899 !![$699 before May 31st 2003] $899 !![$699 before May 31st 2003] $0 of course $0 ! Miracle!

8. Palm vs. Pocket PC (cont’d) • So why do we choose Pocket PC? • Easier Development Tools • Familiar Environment • Color • Well… Politics :P

9. Introduction to Windows CE • Open and MS Standard System • 32-bit Operating System • Multi-task and Multi-thread • Support Unicode (2 bytes) • Database • Wireless • Current Version: Pocket PC 2002

10. Introduction to WinCE (cont’d) • Applications • Pocket Office • Pocket Word • Pocket Excel • Pocket Outlook • Pocket Internet Explorer • Windows Multimedia Player

11. Introduction to WinCE (cont’d) • Where can other applications be found? • www.google.com • “PDA” • “Pocket PC” • “Windows CE” “WinCE” • www.hp.com • Compaq iPAQ’s homepage • 802.11 driver (Where is it?)

12. Pocket PC Emulators • Emulators provided by eMbedded Visual Tools • Pocket PC SDK • Handheld PC SDK • Palm-Size PC SDK • But none of them work on iPAQ! So… • Pocket PC 2002 SDKhttp://www.microsoft.com/mobile/developer/downloads/ppcsdk2002.asp • Traditional Chinese Localehttp://www.microsoft.com/mobile/developer/downloads/ppc2002emulator/default.asp This is the story before 2003! Too old! Pocket PC Emulators • Emulators provided by eMbedded Visual Tools • Pocket PC SDK • Handheld PC SDK • Palm-Size PC SDK • But none of them work on iPAQ! So… • Pocket PC 2002 SDKhttp://www.microsoft.com/mobile/developer/downloads/ppcsdk2002.asp • Traditional Chinese Localehttp://www.microsoft.com/mobile/developer/downloads/ppc2002emulator/default.asp

13. Pocket PC Emulators [2003] • Emulators provided by eMbedded Visual Tools • Pocket PC 2002 SDK • Smartphone PC 2002 SDK • If you want to develop under other platform... • Pocket PC SDK • Handheld PC SDK • Palm-Size PC SDK • If you want to develop Chinese PPC program... • Traditional Chinese Localehttp://www.microsoft.com/mobile/developer/downloads/ppc2002emulator/default.asp

14. Windows CE Programming • eMbedded Visual Tools • eMbedded Visual Basic • eMbedded Visual C++ • SDKs for all platforms • What language fits your need? • Microsoft ActiveSync 3.5http://www.microsoft.com/mobile/pocketpc/downloads/

15. WinCE Programming (cont’d)

16. WinCE Programming (cont’d) • Tricks • Chinese Locale: Modify the registryHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows CE Tools\Platform Manager\{F384D888-F9AA-11D1-BB9E-00A0C9C9CCEE}\{DE9660AC-85D3-4C63-A6AF-46A3B3B83737}\{F384D894-F9AA-11D1-BB9E-00A0C9C9CCEE}\{67C8D913-F0CF-486A-8CF0-CE7D116225E8}Path

17. WinCE Programming (cont’d) • Tricks (cont’d) • Memory Size Setup: Modify the registryHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows CE Tools\Platform Manager\{F384D888-F9AA-11D1-BB9E-00A0C9C9CCEE}\{DE9660AC-85D3-4C63-A6AF-46A3B3B83737}\{F384D894-F9AA-11D1-BB9E-00A0C9C9CCEE}\{67C8D913-F0CF-486A-8CF0-CE7D116225E8}Memory • Download Path\Windows\「開始」功能表\ • Demo: “Hello, Pocket PC!”

18. Frequently Asked Questions • I got an error message including “Start Menu” during “playing” or compiling. • Did you forget the “「開始」功能表” story? :P • I cannot read Chinese in my emulator. • Install the traditional Chinese locale. • Modify the registry. • I have a program with eVB grid control, but there is error messages telling me I cannot show the control in any of the computers of the NMM Lab. • Well, dxxn Genuine that it installs incomplete Windows XP Pro on our computers. The following three solutions may be applied: • Try eVC++. • Try not to use these "special" components in eVB. • Program and debug at home, your notebook, whatever. Not in the Lab.(What a tricky solution!) • This problem is to be the end in this summer vacation, and that means... :P

19. FAQ (cont’d) • Where is either AoE or FIFA2002 PocketPC? • Well, can you pay more attention to programming rather than gaming? • I see, you promise it. Try http://www.ziointeractive.com/ . • I am crazy that there are so much software to download to develop my own program. Can you give a summery? • eMbedded Visual Tools • Pocket PC 2002 SDK • Traditional Chinese Locale(Skin, Image, whatever) for Pocket PC 2002 Emulator • ActiveSync 3.5 • iPAQ wireless PC card driver for Pocket PC (if you want to design PDA internet software)

20. FAQ (cont’d) • Can you tell me the story about Bluetooth on iPAQ? • Looking books up is not my job…  • What’s your email address? Would you give me a favor in the future? • bypeng@cobra.ee.ntu.edu.tw • Of course, if you do not ask me where AoE or FIFA2002 is,I will try my best.