Released in 1996, Windows code name Pegasus heralded a new era for Microsoft development strategy and set a ball in motion for one of the fiercest technology battles to begin. Microsoft vs Palm.
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Windows CE 1 based Handheld PC devices were only available with monochrome displays. The original Microsoft specification allowed for 480x240 display resolutions. Hewlett Packard's clamshell releases overruled this guide line and shipped with 640x240 pixel displays. The Hewlett Packard resolution - named HVGA - was quickly adopted by all manufacturers as the de facto clamshell standard for all successive devices.