Sure, it was also possible to edit Word and Excel documents on a Palm device.

However, that market-share was small compared to there PDA counterpart that were rocking to the tune of PalmOS.

The first incarnation of WinCE on the PDA seemed sparse compared to Palm.

At this point, the PDA port of Windows CE was re-branded as Windows Mobile.

For the first time, the Palm platform had that Oh Crap moment when Compaq released the iPAQ in April 2000.

The PDA came with the new Windows Pocket PC 2000 operating system.

The iPAQ line of PDAs became must own devices for those that wanted the latest and greatest.

As how Compaq made IBM look silly in the 80s and 90s, the Houston, Texas computer company would proceed to make Palm look just as absurd in 2000.

This was the first time where Palm Computing would have to play catch-up instead of setting the trend.

The iPAQ line of PDAs also had multimedia support that was generally lacking in PalmOS devices.

One of the big reasons for the success of the PocketPC 2000 devices was that by this point, the hardware to drive WinCE was catching up to a price point where one could invest into such a device without breaking the bank.

Where they any more expensive than any of Palms high-end offerings at that time.

Not really.

Whats amazing was that Microsoft created a OS that took advantage of the PDA atheistic without blatantly copying PalmOS.

One of the issues with PocketPC 2000, like the previous incarnations of Windows CE, was the lack of applications.

However, the main justification for purchasing such a device, even with a small software library, was that the most commonly used applications were already included in the OS.

The default CE applications tended to be more feature complete than there Palm offerings.

There was one crowd who wholeheartedly embraced these PDAs: IT workers.

The Windows CE devices had capabilities that only the Palm handhelds could dream of.

This made it possible for IT workers to manage network resources from there WinCE PDAs.

It was possible to manage SQL databases from such devices as well.

For desktop users already familiar with Microsoft Money on the Windows desktop, its inclusion on the PDA only seemed like a natural step.

This allowed mobile users to edit Microsoft office documents on the go without needing there PC right next to them.

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