{"id":2294,"date":"2015-06-25T12:11:39","date_gmt":"2015-06-25T12:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/pocket-pc\/"},"modified":"2015-06-25T12:11:39","modified_gmt":"2015-06-25T12:11:39","slug":"pocket-pc","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/2130\/pocket-pc-ppc","title":{"rendered":"Pocket PC"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_pocket_pc_mean\">What Does Pocket PC Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A Pocket PC (PPC) is a hardware design by Microsoft that is a small-sized handheld device used for computing. The earliest models used the Windows CE operating system, with later models using the Windows Mobile operating system. Despite their small size, Pocket PCs had many of the same functions and abilities of contemporary PCs.\n<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"techopedia_explains_pocket_pc\">Techopedia Explains Pocket PC<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Microsoft&#8217;s Pocket PCs were introduced in 2000, and over the years Microsoft evolved the Pocket PC and released a number of Windows Mobile operating system editions for these devices. The hardware was made by several different manufacturers, but they were required to meet hardware and software specifications in order to be classified as Pocket PCs, including operating system, software and user input controls. 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