Released in 2000, Windows code name Galileo (released only 8 months after the CE 2.12 Handhled PC release) was the first and only H/PC platform based on the new Windows CE 3.0 code. CE 3 was a significant step forward for the Windows CE operating system itself. However as a Platform HPC2000 didn't deliver significantly more than in the previous 2.11 and 2.12 releases. The integrated Pocket Office applications remained the same as in Handheld PC Pro, just with minor bug fixes.
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By the release of Windows CE 3 large OEM's were at liberty to release HPC2000 on a range of device types and display types. The Clamshell 640x240 specification was to become the exception rather than the rule as it had been in previous releases.
Windows CE 3.00 desktop, the hub of the Handheld PC user interface in which little has changed
'My Handheld PC' or Windows CE Explorer
The inevitable about box
The start menu
Control Panel
Pocket Word
Pocket Excel
Pocket PowerPoint, virtually unchanged since it's original CE 2.0 release. Now with Native PowerPoint 2000 support
Pocket Access. Again virtually unchanged from H/PC Pro. Still unable to support forms
The HPC2000 Inbox client, almost identical to HPC Pro's. With POP, IMAP4 and ActiveSync support
Contacts organiser. Often pre-populated by the OEM with contact and support information
Tasks list
Calendar
Pocket Internet Explorer 4.01 SP2. Mozilla 4 Compatible
Help has remained the same, being one of the few default programs to be a true 'window'
Remote Networking with Direct Cable Connection, Remote Access Service and VPN connections
PC Link
World Clock
Windows Media Player 1.2
Standard Windows CE Calculator
InkWriter (Note Taking)
The Windows Voice Recorder. Agian virtually unchanged from precious releases
Terminal Server Client (Now Remote Desktop)
The all important Solitaire game
New in HPC2000 support for MSMQ Administration from GUI or command line
The first screen of the Out Of Box Experience (OOBE) Screen
