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What (who) is handheld PC - definition


Handheld PC         
  • Sharp Mobilon PRO PV5000A, Handheld PC running Windows CE 2.11 released in 1998
COMPUTER BUILT AROUND A FORM FACTOR WHICH IS SIGNIFICANTLY SMALLER THAN ANY STANDARD LAPTOP COMPUTER
Palmtop; Palm-size PCs; Palm-Sized PC; Windows CE palmtop; Palm-sized PC; Palmtop computers; H/PC; Windows CE Handheld PC; Palmtop computer; Handheld Personal Computer
A handheld personal computer (PC) is a miniature computer typically built around a clamshell form factor and is significantly smaller than any standard laptop computer, but based on the same principles. It is sometimes referred to as a palmtop computer, not to be confused with Palmtop PC which was a name used mainly by Hewlett-Packard.
palmtop         
  • Sharp Mobilon PRO PV5000A, Handheld PC running Windows CE 2.11 released in 1998
COMPUTER BUILT AROUND A FORM FACTOR WHICH IS SIGNIFICANTLY SMALLER THAN ANY STANDARD LAPTOP COMPUTER
Palmtop; Palm-size PCs; Palm-Sized PC; Windows CE palmtop; Palm-sized PC; Palmtop computers; H/PC; Windows CE Handheld PC; Palmtop computer; Handheld Personal Computer
<computer> (Or "pocket computer", "Hand-held Personal Computer", H/PC) A small general-purpose, programmable, battery-powered computer cabable of handling both numbers and text (in contrast to most pocket calculators) which can be operated comfortably while held in one hand. A palmtop is usually loaded with an operating system such as {Windows CE}. Data can be transferred between the palmtop and a desktop PC. A palmtop is very similar to a Personal Digital Assistant though a palmptop may have a larger keyboard and more RAM and is possibly more general purpose in concept, if not in practise. The Psion Organiser is one of the best known examples. [Was it the first?] (1998-04-19)
palmtop         
  • Sharp Mobilon PRO PV5000A, Handheld PC running Windows CE 2.11 released in 1998
COMPUTER BUILT AROUND A FORM FACTOR WHICH IS SIGNIFICANTLY SMALLER THAN ANY STANDARD LAPTOP COMPUTER
Palmtop; Palm-size PCs; Palm-Sized PC; Windows CE palmtop; Palm-sized PC; Palmtop computers; H/PC; Windows CE Handheld PC; Palmtop computer; Handheld Personal Computer
¦ noun a computer small and light enough to be held in one hand.
Examples of use of handheld PC
1. The two devices come with software to be downloaded onto the home PC, laptop or handheld PC.
2. Sony plans to start selling the handheld PC in Japan on May 27, and the timing for U.S. sales will not be far from the Japanese launch.
3. They can then watch whatever is showing on live TV remotely via a laptop, a handheld PC or Sony‘s PSP, the Portable PlayStation games console.
4. They can beam programmes to a lap–top, handheld PC and, in Sony‘s case, the PSP over a 100 feet range.
5. Sony also said it would unveil in June a handheld PC that uses NAND flash memory instead of a hard disk drive as its storage, in a potential boost to NAND flash makers such as Samsung Electronics Co.