Smart Display vs. Handheld PC

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can a win ce device be used as a smart display? if not,
why not?

my hp ipaq 5555, except for screen size and resolution,
seems to have the equivalent hardware of a smart
display. seems 2 me the only thing missing is the smart
display software, available from the smart display
vendors. a smart display is only useful as a single-
location device, or a "luggable," but a handheld is TRULY
portable. if mine won't work, how about the new hi-res
handhelds?

is the smart display vendor software device-specific, or
is it like windows media center edition, merely a
marketing ploy?

how about legacy devices: touchscreens, light pens and
audio vector devices?

why WON'T a laptop or tablet pc work? i've never heard
of an operating-system-compatable machine being made
incompatable by reason of over-capacity. is this a
technological step backwards, or another marketing ploy?
 
Actually, the now defunct Smart Display was a CE device... The UI was
a shell on top of Windows CE 4.0... However, there won't be any
future revisions to this shell as the Smart Display program as evolved
into the Media Center Extender devices...

The shell was not necessarily specific, but the OS had to be
configured for the necessary drivers.

Jeffrey Randow (Windows Networking & Smart Display MVP)
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