Handheld PC Explorer, or as it is more commonly referred to, H/PC Explorer was the Windows PC host client for the inaugural generation of Microsoft
Windows CE 1.0 based embedded PC companion devices, the
Handheld PC
A handheld computer, also called a palmtop computer, is a term that has variously been used to describe a small-sized personal computer (PC) typically built around a clamshell form factor and a laptop-like keyboard, including: Palmtop PCs, pers ...
.
Release history
There were two releases of H/PC Explorer.
Handheld PC Explorer 1.0
The initial release of H/PC Explorer was only made available on CD as part of the software set of the early Windows CE 1.0 Handheld PC releases. Version 1.0, like Windows CE 1.0 itself was generally considered to be a beta release, and was received poorly by the user community because of inherent instability within the synchronisation program.
Version 1.0 only supported
Windows 95
Windows 95 is a consumer-oriented operating system developed by Microsoft and the first of its Windows 9x family of operating systems, released to manufacturing on July 14, 1995, and generally to retail on August 24, 1995. Windows 95 merged ...
, severely restricting the scope of Windows CE's adoption in enterprise environments running
Windows NT 4.0. No sync client was ever released for Windows CE which ran natively under
Windows NT 3.51 or lower.
Handheld PC Explorer 1.1
The second release of the software fixed many of the stability and compatibility flaws experienced by users of 1.0. Windows NT 4.0 support was finally added to the product, along with support for the initial release of
Microsoft Outlook
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in the form of Outlook 97.
Handheld PC Explorer 1.1 was also released as a freely available web download, along with being bundled onto Handheld PC Companion software CDs in mid to late 1997.
See also
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ActiveSync
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Handheld PC
A handheld computer, also called a palmtop computer, is a term that has variously been used to describe a small-sized personal computer (PC) typically built around a clamshell form factor and a laptop-like keyboard, including: Palmtop PCs, pers ...
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Windows CE
Windows CE, later known as Windows Embedded CE and Windows Embedded Compact, is a discontinued operating system developed by Microsoft for mobile and embedded devices. It was part of the Windows Embedded family and served as the software foun ...
External links
History of Handheld PC Explorer at HPC:Factor
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Pocket PC software