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Ladies and gentlemen, choose your device! March 10, 2004 [General] | By anonymous 1. Sometimes it may be difficult to decide which device to chose - Microsoft Smartphone or Pocket PC phone or PDA - so here it comes help from Neil Enns: Frankly, it can be a bit confusing. Neil Enns, a lead program manager for mobile devices, patiently explained to me a little bit about how Windows Mobile customers are using these devices. 
(on picture above: Neil Enns presenting smartphone hardware especially for msmobiles.com!) Apart from managing group of programmers who develop Microsoft smartphone platform, Neil Enns, in his free time, is extremely active (posts himself!) in Microsoft´s smartphone newsgroup... so he has plenty of insight, about these issues... 
(on picture above, from the left: Pocket PC, Pocket PC Phone Edition, MS Smartphone) When we chat with our users, we find that people have different preferences for the style and usage of their mobile device. Some people are heavy phone users and don´t want the bulk of a Pocket PC, so they go with a Smartphone." Neil also explained that while it´s a bit more challenging for Smartphone users to enter text, they do get "predictive text entry" which enables you to enter text on your device using just one key press per letter. The software will suggest complete words as you enter text, saving you time, keystrokes, and finger exhaustion (you poor dear). With regard to Pocket PC Phone Edition, Neil said, "Other users are much more e-mail-centric and prefer a Pocket PC Phone Edition. They´ll make the occasional phone call, but prefer a device with a larger screen and touchscreen input for composing messages." So, the big message I´m getting from Neil is that if you´re more phone-centric but still need e-mail, text messaging, and Internet access, the Smartphone is for you— it´s a cell phone first and foremost. But, if you´re wanting something that´s more like a mini-computer that can sync your Word and Excel files as well as all your Outlook information (and you could give a hoot about phones), the Pocket PC is the way to go. Finally, if you´re looking for something that´s a little bit country and a little bit rock and roll, set your dial to the Pocket PC Phone Edition. It´s basically a Pocket PC with telephone capabilities. To read the article from which above quotes (in italics) come from, including detailed comparison among Pocket PC PDA, Pocket PC Phone Edition (phone) and Microsoft smartphone, click here. Latest mobile blog (moblog) of Neil Enns is here.  Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later)
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