WHEN WAS the last time you used a calculator? Having enjoyed a brief heyday in the 1970s, these once miraculous-seeming gizmos now mostly languish in desk drawers. Keith Houston’s sprightly history ...

Before smartphones exploded on the scene in the late 00s, there was still a reasonable demand for pocket-sized computers that could do relatively simple computing tasks. Palm Pilots and other PDAs ...

The Sharp PC-G801 was an impressive little pocket computer when it debuted in 1988. However, in the year 2025, a Z80-compatible machine with just 8 kB of RAM is hardly much to get excited about.

Clive Sinclair, who invented the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, an early personal computer, died of cancer Thursday at age 81, his family confirmed. Sinclair was an inventor with an impressive list of ...

Before there were smartphones, there were personal digital assistants like the Palm Pilot, Handspring Visor, and Compaq/HP iPAQ line of devices. And before those, there were really basic PDAs, like ...

commentary In its continuing quest for ever-longer product names, Microsoft this week introduced Windows Mobile 2003 Software for Pocket PC. I'm not sure what genius dreamed up the new name, but I ...

The old saw about Microsoft has always been that its products are all pretty good--in their second or third releases. The company's approach to a PDA operating system is a good example. Its earliest ...

CANNES, France, Feb. 19, 2002 — Today at the 3GSM World Congress 2002 in Cannes, France, Microsoft Corp. unveiled the latest addition to the Pocket PC 2002 family — Pocket PC 2002 Phone Edition. Ben ...

Imagine a world where you no longer need to carry a bulky laptop or workstation to get work done. In an age where portability and versatility are key, technology has introduced devices that pack ...