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In a time where every constraint was extremely limiting (batteries, storage, cpu / SoCs, IO, displays) there were many interesting approaches to hardware and so
by gelstudios 4y ago
In a time where every constraint was extremely limiting (batteries, storage, cpu / SoCs, IO, displays) there were many interesting approaches to hardware and software designs for ultraportable computing.
Almost very PDA in the market had a fairly distinct OS -- or at least custom "spins", not unlike android today with manufacturer customizations.
I owned (and loved) several palm OS based devices, but I always looked at the folding "tiny laptop" form factor of the Psion series (and the Zaurus) with major nerd envy.
- causi 4y agobut I always looked at the folding "tiny laptop" form factor of the Psion series (and the Zaurus) with major nerd envy. Personally I think the refusal to move past passive-matrix 640x240 screens seriously impaired them. Even as late as 2005, NEC was marketing thousand-dollar MobilePro palmtops with the same dogshit DSTN LCD from 1998's Jornada 680.
- bombcar 4y agoThe one I had and loved was the HP Palmtop - tuning the "obscure OS" known as MS-DOS 5.0 You could beef them out pretty strong https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_200LX https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_200LX