Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard have spared themselves hefty fines by agreeing to Federal Trade Commission demands that they cease claiming that PocketPCs provide built-in wireless Net access.
Of course, PocketPCs do support wireless Net access, through Windows CE's dial-up access and TCP/IP networking code. That's why HP and MS made the claim. However, the devices don't contain the hardware needed to allow this software to talk to the outside world.
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