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The Hitachi SH-G1000, Sprint PCS in the United States, is not quite your typical handset. This device is not designed for the mobile phone typical consumer, but rather to the company. I would say it may not even be meant for the typical business user, based on the level of technical sophistication is possesses. With this being the case, at least in my opinion, I do not think it would be fair to try and discuss it with typical device expectations.

So, I will give the G1000 a little more leeway, a little more rope so to speak. I think the G1000 as a kind of mobile office, so I am going to look from this point of view. But first, a few quick Specifications and features.

There are probably many of you who are not really familiar with the PocketPC platform for the PDA, so I am going oh - so-briefly discuss that for a bit. It is worth mentioning that I am a daily user PocketPC, was formerly a PalmOS device user.

First, the intent of the Pocket PC OS is to give users the same type of applications they use on their PCs on a small handheld device. Many familiar names from the desktop are on PocketPC, like Outlook, Internet Explorer, and others. There are familiar features like the Start menu and the “Programs” group. In general, most users of Windows desktop will be at least an idea of how things are done on the PocketPC platform, and if it is one of the strengths of the system.

In terms of hardware, all Pocket PC 2002 devices must comply with certain requirements. They need to have a touch screen with a resolution of 320×240 pixels. They must also use an ARM processor based (although not the current PalmOS devices 5). There are other needs that exist, but they are not worth mentioning here. It is worth mentioning that the new Pocket PC 2003 (formally known as Windows Mobile 2003) does not have all the same restrictions as equipment design a 2002.

Most PocketPC devices rely on a number of systems handwriting recognition or virtual keyboards for text entry. It is a clone of Graffiti PalmOS system, a small virtual keyboard, and a system called Transcriber that can actually read your handwriting once properly configured. The Hitachi G1000 is one of the few devices that also offers a built in thumb board for entering text. Many other features offer thumbboard attachments as optional accessories.

Also common to the platform Pocket PC is Activesync, a piece of software for your Windows desktop computer that synchronizes your PDA with your desktop computer - including, but not limited to Microsoft Outlook . As Outlook is the application of choice for most software synchronization based on Windows, which makes it relatively easy to keep your PDA and phones and computers all synchronized with the same events calendar and contacts, in addition to other things.

And like most modern PDA, Pocket PC allows you to add new software applications, just as you can on your desktop. Travelling in Italy? Obtain an Italian dictionary and a set of maps for your Pocket PC. Dislikes standard Pocket Internet Explorer application? Buy a copy of the Opera browser. Or perhaps you are simply bored. Well, there are tons of games for PocketPC choose. You get the point.

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