Pocket PC 2002 Features

Overview

To compete effectively with Pocket PC 2002, Linux will have to match its features. This document describes its features so that we can develop applications to match.

Application List:

Today
Tasks
Calendar
Contacts
Notes
File Explorer
Internet Explorer
Reader
Media Player
Pocket Word
Pocket Excel
ActiveSync
Calculator
Inbox (Mail Client)
MSN Messenger

Overall Entry

Keyboard: QWERTY on-screen keyboard for typing. List of words from dictionary to autocomplete shown above the keyboard.

In any list or text field, click and hold to get right-click menu. Text fields allow cut-and-paste. Tasks allow duplication. Contacts allow email to be sent.

Today

Today summarizes information from several other applications, giving an overview of the day's activities.

From the top:

Date and time
Appointments
Mailbox summary
Task counts: active, due, overdue

Tasks

Main View

Lists tasks, one per row, with checkbox to mark complete. One option controls the filter:

Recent
All Tasks
No Categories

The other controls the sort order:

Status
Priority
Subject
Start Date
Due Date

Task Entry Dialog

The Task entry dialog has these fields:

Subject
Priority
Status
Start
Due
Occurs: Specify recurrence
- Start
- Due
- Duration
- Recurrence:
  - Daily: Every N days, or every weekday
  - Weekly: Every N weeks, on specified day of the week
  - Monthly: Nth day of the month every N months, or Nth Tuesday of every Nth month
  - Yearly: Nth day of January every year, or Nth Tuesday of January every year
- Pattern ends:
  - Never
  - Specified date
  - After N occurrences
Reminder
Categories (Business or Personal, or edit list)
Sensitivity (Normal or Private)
Notes

Calendar

Views

Agenda: straight list of appointments
Day: hours of day with blocks for appointments
Week view: horizontally compressed Day view, 7 days shown
Month View: Whole month
Year view: days show in tiny font, entire year

New Appointment

Subject
Location
Starts
Ends
Type (Normal, All Day)
Occurs (Same recurrence as for tasks)
Reminder
Categories
Attendees
Status (Busy, Free, Tentative, Out of Office)
Sensitivity
Notes

Options

1st Day of week
Show half our slots?
More

Contacts

Main View

Flat list of contacts. Name. Tabs for letters

New Contact

Name
Job Title
Department
Company
Work Tel
Work Fax
Work Addr
E-mail
Mobile Tel
Home info...
Birthday
Anniversary
Spouse
Children

Notes

Template Notes for Meeting, Memo, Phone, TO-Do.

Can draw on notes

Clicking 'voice memo' button records an audio note.

File Explorer

List of files. 3 columns: name, date, size.

Internet Explorer

AIEEE!

Reader

Book reader.

Media Player

Plays WMA, other proprietary formats, maybe MP3?

Pocket Word

More like 'Pocket Write'.

Pocket Excel

Subset of excel functions, but working fill down.

ActiveSync

Calculator

Plain calculator.

Inbox (Mail Client)

MSN Messenger

Last modified on 27 Apr 2003 by AO