Title: Operating environment
1Operating environment
- 50 humidity
- Temperature to keep components cool
- Low dust
2Transporting a notebook
- Specially-designed padded case
- Properly pack to ship
3PDA (Personal Digital Assistant)
Include apps -Address book -Calculator -Date
book -Simple text -memos and notes -To do
lists -games
Touch screen
Stylus
4Palm Desktop software
Hand held OS -Palm OS most popular -Microsoft
Windows CE -Microsoft Pocket PC OS -Epoc
http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPOC_(computing)
5Graffiti alphabet
Palm OS handwriting techniqueGraffiti MS
handwriting techniqueJot Both cases the user
learns How to write what the OS will understand
6Palm Notepad note
Handwriting recognition software -user trains
the OS to recognize Their hand writing. Palm
devices include Notepad app. It captures your
handwriting directly Into the PDA like you would
on paint.
7Using the stylus
- Access applications through the touch screen
- Interact through
- Menus
- The handwriting technique
- An external or onscreen keyboard
- Tapping icons
- Calibrate the screen
- Stylus stored in body of PDA
8Powering the PDA
- Battery powered
- Sometimes rechargeableuse cradle
- Turns off automatically to conserve power
- Battery indicator on screen
- Also includes a ROM battery
9Connecting PDAs and PCs
- Connection options
- Cradle with USB or serial connection
- USB
- Infrared
- Bluetooth
- WiFi
- Synchronizing information
- Palm Desktop
- Windows CE and Pocket PC
- Partnership
10Handheld device problems
- Power issues
- Synchronization issues
11Unit summary
- Identified, installed, and resolved issues with
notebook components - Identified, installed, and resolved issues with
handheld computers
12Transporting a notebook
- Specially-designed padded case
- Properly pack to ship
13PDA (Personal Digital Assistant)
Include apps -Address book -Calculator -Date
book -Simple text -memos and notes -To do
lists -games
Touch screen
Stylus
14Palm Desktop software
Hand held OS -Palm OS most popular -Microsoft
Windows CE -Microsoft Pocket PC OS -Epoc
http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPOC_(computing)
15Graffiti alphabet
Palm OS handwriting techniqueGraffiti MS
handwriting techniqueJot Both cases the user
learns How to write what the OS will understand
16Palm Notepad note
Handwriting recognition software -user trains
the OS to recognize Their hand writing. Palm
devices include Notepad app. It captures your
handwriting directly Into the PDA like you would
on paint.
17Using the stylus
- Access applications through the touch screen
- Interact through
- Menus
- The handwriting technique
- An external or onscreen keyboard
- Tapping icons
- Calibrate the screen
- Stylus stored in body of PDA
18Powering the PDA
- Battery powered
- Sometimes rechargeableuse cradle
- Turns off automatically to conserve power
- Battery indicator on screen
- Also includes a ROM battery
19Connecting PDAs and PCs
- Connection options
- Cradle with USB or serial connection
- USB
- Infrared
- Bluetooth
- WiFi
- Synchronizing information
- Palm Desktop
- Windows CE and Pocket PC
- Partnership
20Handheld device problems
- Power issues
- Synchronization issues
21Unit summary
- Identified, installed, and resolved issues with
notebook components - Identified, installed, and resolved issues with
handheld computers