Re: distinguish PDAs from Smartphones and pocket pc

On Sep 18, 2:52 pm, r_z_aret@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:26:54 -0000, Sura <surla...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Is there a way to distinguish PDAs from Smartphones and pocket pc
programmatically? I am writing an application which will be run on
pdas ,smartphone and pocket pc and makes a scheduled connection
attempt to a server. Since pdas(smartphones are not always connected
to the
internet i wanted to disable that feature if the device is a PDA.
When i say PDA i mean Pocket PC devices without the 'cellphone'
capability like HP IPAQ .

Any thoughts?

I don't think any of these devices are always connected _or_
disconnected to the Internet, or any sort of network. The ones without
phone _might_ be connected via Ethernet (wired or wireless). The ones
with phone capabilities _might_ be connected via Ethernet or phone. So
I think you should use a more direct method to test for the function
you really want. If you just try to connect to the server, you should
get some indication whether you failed.

Something of a nitpick about terminology:

1) Windows CE is the base operating system for _all_ PDAs running a
Microsoft operating system.

2) A PDA with a large screen with touch support, no phone support, and
running Windows CE was called a "Pocket PC", but is called a "Windows
Mobile Classic" as of Windows Mobile 6.

3) A PDA with large screen with touch support, phone support, and
running Windows CE was called a "Pocket PC Phone Edition" but is
called a "Windows Mobile Professional" as of Windows Mobile 6.

4) A PDA with small screen with no touch support, phone support, and
running Windows CE was called a "Smartphone", but is called a "Windows
Mobile Standard" as of Windows Mobile 6.

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Robert E. Zaret, eMVP
PenFact, Inc.
20 Park Plaza, Suite 478
Boston, MA 02116www.penfact.com

Thanks for the prompt reply. Using your new terminologies is it
possible to distinguish "Windows
Mobile Classic" from "Windows Mobile Professional" programmatically?

Thanks again

.

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