Pocket Viewer

PV-S1600

Pocket Viewer (Casio PV) was a model range of Personal Digital Assistants developed by Casio.

Description

Pocket Viewer (Casio PV) was a model range of Personal digital assistants developed by Casio. Early models use Intel x86 based processors (manufactured by NEC). Later models used Hitachi processors from SH3 family. Both models ran Casio's proprietary OS 'CASIO OS'.

The pocket viewers were light and portable. Their functionality were extended beyond the digital diary segment and targeted consumers who needed personal organizers. The pocket viewers competed directly with the market leader in the segment the Palm-tops.

Pocket viewers used conventional 2 x AAA batteries and under normal operation a completely charged battery lasted around 2 months. Casio made the pocket viewer SDK available, and with time a small user base who created and made their applications available online for free or for profit online. A parallel port was necessary to communication between a personal computer and the pocket viewer.

OWbasic provided an interpreted programming language on the handheld, expanding the ability of the unit byconverting t into a programmable handheld calculator/computer.

Outlook 2003 synchronization was available on some models. This allowed synchronization of Outlook contacts, calendar and PVsheet (a spread sheet) with the PC.

Models

PV-100 PV-250X, PV-450X, PV-S250, PV-S450, PV-750, PV-S460, PV-S660, PV-S400 Plus, PV-S1600

Notes

• The PV-S1600
• The HP-200LX palmtop computer, also used a 80186 chip