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The pocket-size CASSIOPEIA weighs less than a pound and 
features a 480 x 240-dot LCD display with a backlight, a pen 
touch sensitive screen, an easy-to-use keyboard, and a 
standard PC card expansion slot. CASSIOPEIA also features a 
CPU, which was optimized for the Microsoft? Windows? CE 
platform, through joint development with Casio and Hitachi. 
The CPU is based on the SH-3 processor which is one of 
Hitachi's high performance SuperH? RISC engine.

CASSIOPEIA comes built-in with Windows CE, a Windows-based 
operating system specially developed by Microsoft Corp. The 
result is a high level of data compatibility between 
CASSIOPEIA and Windows-based desktop computers. It also 
offers the same user interface as found in Windows for the 
desktop. The open architecture of the system helps ensure a 
rich supply of software applications from third-party 
developers.

CASSIOPEIA comes pre-installed with a number of other useful 
applications, including Information Manager (which is 
synchronized with Microsoft Schedule+ for Windows 95), 
Microsoft Pocket Word and Microsoft Pocket Excel -- HPC 
versions of well-known PC software applications, such as 
Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel, a world clock, and a 
calculator. In addition, e-mail capabilities and Microsoft 
Pocket Internet Explorer, together with various ports perform 
powerful data communications. CASSIOPEIA comes bundled with a 
selection of business-oriented applications that will allow 
fax transmission, remote e-mail access, information service 
reception using a 1-way pager, wireless e-mail for use with a 
2-way pager. The CASSIOPEIA will also include QV camera 
Connection software and a financial calculator. 

CASSIOPEIA is designed and engineered as a companion to 
Windows-based desktop PCs for "mobile professionals." 
CASSIOPEIA's portability, PC connectivity and communication 
capabilities, enables the user to update or edit data 
anywhere. 

As the first manufacturer of the Digital Diary, Casio was 
able to draw upon\ years of experience in developing the 
next-generation mobile information hardware. In addition, the 
Windows CE platform and CASSIOPEIA are the result of a 
three-year collaboration between Casio and Microsoft, the 
world leader in the development of computer operating 
systems. Both companies plan to work closely together in 
further development of Windows CE and the Handheld PC. 

"In today's office, everything from personal data to official 
documents is being stored and managed using personal 
computers," said Mr. Kazuo Kashio, president of Casio 
Computer Co., Ltd. "Next-generation mobile information 
devices will make it possible to freely access these 
resources no matter where you might happen to be. CASSIOPEIA 
is a revolutionary new tool that expands the range of 
PC-stored data to on-site applicability for worldwide usage." 

"Microsoft applauds Casio's introduction of CASSIOPEIA, a new 
Handheld PC from a world leader in consumer electronics," 
said Craig Mundie, senior vice president, consumer platforms 
division at Microsoft. "The introduction of CASSIOPEIA, which 
incorporates and complements the Windows CE platform, helps 
pave the way for the success of the HPC category."

One of the greatest assets of the Windows CE-based unit is 
that it is an open platform. A number of software vendors 
have announced their support for this platform, which will 
enrich the selection of HPC versions of major PC software 
packages. Casio will continue to support and cooperate with 
these software vendors to further develop the HPC category. 

Source: Casio


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