- Ian Cullimore
Ian Cullimore is an English-born mathematician and computer scientist who has been influential in the
pocket PC arena.Biography
Cullimore has a degree in
Mathematics fromKing's College London , and aPhD inCognitive andComputer Science from theUniversity of Sussex .He was the original founder (in 1985) and main inventor of the pocket PC which became the
Atari Portfolio (originally known as the "DIP Pocket PC"). It is claimed that the DIP Pocket PC was the world's first true pocket PC - a DOS-type machine in a pocket-sized format. He was also one of the founders (in 1988) and VP of Software at Poqet Computer Corp inSilicon Valley , where he developed thePoqet PC .His interest in PDAs was sparked from his early times at
Psion , working on the first Organiser products.He was also the original instigator of the
PC card (formerly "PCMCIA Card") movement. This came about from his decision to use the then-emerging credit card memories in the design of the Atari Portfolio. On founding Poqet, and with major investment from Fujitsu, a decision was made to use the 68-pin JEIDA card. He successfully persuaded the board of Poqet to set up an industry standards organization, PCMCIA, to promote this as a standard.
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