CEA's study also shows that video products continue to be the top CE device consumers own, with HDTV ownership continuing to increase.
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We tested Graffiti on a Palm III, the latest incarnation of 3Com's bestselling machine, and the other programs on a top-of-the-line Windows CE device from Hewlett-Packard, the 660LX.
Indeed, of the 12 percent of CE owners who reported putting a used CE device in the trash during the last 12 months, most cited convenience as the driving factor for their choice of removal.
So Microsoft shifted gears and developed the Extender model which put a CE device at each TV with the real brains of the operation on a PC hidden away back in an office -- where PCs belong.
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This is already being done in various pay-TV and CE connected device implemenations thanks to various companies like Rovi.
Furthermore, it complies with leading medical standards including EN60601-1, UL60601-1, and the CE Medical Device Directive, making it suitable for use in hospitals and clinics.
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The good news is that nearly half (48 percent) of those CE owners donated the device for reuse, and 26 percent recycled the device.
Sharp Electronics unveiled its Mobilon TriPad PV-6000, a Windows CE-based computing device that can be used in three different operating positions: standard notebook (clamshell), pen tablet (slate), or easel mode.
WebTV itself will probably be the first consumer-level set-top device to run Windows CE.
Motorola is also said to be considering using Windows CE as the operating system for such a device.
The company hopes its device will get European approval via a CE mark later this year.
The software updates itself automatically over the Internet, and is available for each of the four main device platforms: Palm's Palm OS, Microsoft's Pocket PC and Windows CE, and Symbian's EPOC.
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