Ian Cullimore

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Ian Cullimore is an English-born mathematician and computer scientist who has been influential in the pocket PC arena.

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Cullimore has a degree in Mathematics from King's College London, and a PhD in Cognitive and Computer Science from the University 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 in Silicon Valley, where he developed the Poqet 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 PCMCIA "PC 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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