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The COMPAQ iPaq was in many ways ahead of its time. If they would have invested in a better OS, or convinced Microsoft to build something more "mobile", they co
by kerng 9y ago
The COMPAQ iPaq was in many ways ahead of its time. If they would have invested in a better OS, or convinced Microsoft to build something more "mobile", they could have beaten Apple possibly by 3-4 years.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPAQ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPAQ
- kickingvegas 9y agoFWIW, everybody in the PDA space was influenced by General Magic. Two others that come to mind were Rex https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REX_5000 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REX_5000 and Geos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEOS_(16-bit_operating_system) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEOS_(16-bit_operating_system)
- kerng 9y agoOh, cool. I haven't heard about the REX. Thanks for sharing.