Pocket PC Phone Edition is Smart Client
eWeek | at | by Mike
Microsoft has spent the last couple of years piling enterprise-friendly, network-dependent features into its Pocket PC mobile operating system, but these features do little good when devices lack network connectivity. T-Mobile USA's T-Mobile Pocket PC Phone Edition provides that connectivity, enabling companies to make more of the Pocket PC OS by pairing it with integrated voice and data functions across T-Mobile's GPRS wireless network.
The T-Mobile (also known as VoiceStream) device, which became available last week for $549 with activation, runs a version of Pocket PC 2002 that Microsoft has extended to support phone functions. The device allows companies to take full advantage of Pocket PC's virtual private network, terminal services and server synchronization functions, and makes the T-Mobile device a compelling enterprise client.