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Back in November 2022 @torch made reference to the "negative 1 users of Windows CE for PowerPC", it seemed like a safe bet. A year and a half later, cue Cameron Kaiser, who wrote in over the weekend to let us know of a retro tech discovery that he... Continue Reading »

Ever diligent on squashing those bugs, Bye Design Ltd. has released a second update to its award winning SpreadCE Pocket Excel replacement for the month of April.

The changelog for the release states:

• Fixed a bug that prevented entry of extended characters, such as the Euro symbol
• Fixed a bug with saving formatted... Continue Reading »

For those few who dare to venture into the world of programming for the Handheld PC, HPC:Factor has always maintained its list of patches and updates for using the Windows CE Development Tools. One of the long-standing pieces of advice here is that the highest version of the Windows... Continue Reading »

The award winning and feature packed Excel alternative, SpreadCE has been updated for the first time for 2024.

The Shareware release, version 3.18, provides a comprehensive, multi-platform replacement for Microsoft Excel/Pocket Excel on a broad range of Windows CE devices, including the H/PC and Pocket PC as well as on Android.... Continue Reading »

It has been a while since we had a flashback review here on the site. If you are new to the site, a flashback review is a review of an old piece of Handheld PC memorabilia that is specifically reviewed through the lens of the modern user - in other... Continue Reading »

If you have been on HPC:Factor for long enough, you will be well aware that for Windows CE 2.11 and higher devices there is a limit of 32GB for FAT32 volumes on CF cards. This limit does not apply to older CE 1.0 and CE 2.0 devices, which can only... Continue Reading »