It has a 533MHz ARM CPU, 1GB of storage, and 512MB of RAM and a 3000mAh battery which should provide 5 hours of operating time. But the system includes a web browser, Skype, and some basic Office applications as well as a media player. The Cuol Book runs Windows CE 5.0, which is a bit outdated. It has a 7 inch display, measures just 21cm x 15cm, or about 8.3″ x 5.9″ and weighs just 680 grams or about 1.5 pounds. This odd little system has no trackpad or touchscreen to speak of, but comes with a mouse. The latest netbook/handheld PC running Windows CE is the Cuol Book, available in the UK from Robert Dyas. But laptops didn’t have the battery life or ease of use of handheld PCs and cellphones didn’t have the large screens and full keyboards.īut the rise of the netbook apparently has some manufacturers taking another look at the idea of handheld PCs running stripped down operating systems like Windows CE. Cellphones and laptops took their place, to some degree. But for some reason, the handheld PC fell out of fashion a few years ago. They may not have been able to run full fledged desktop applications like Firefox, Office, or, but they were good enough to give you some mobile computing power on the go.
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