Talk:Handheld PC

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Are you sure Handheld PC is a Microsoft-only term? I'm fairly sure there have been Linux-based handheld PCs.--ArbiterOne 07:46, 17 May 2005 (UTC)

It is a generic term used that is picked up in different circles. You even find Palm OS users calling their devices Handheld PC's. In the scope of the article I wrote originally I am referring to the Microsoft Trademark device. The straight dictionary definition of a Handheld PC is of course a PC which fits in your Hand. You could call a Palm OS device a Pocket PC because it's a PC that fits into your Pocket if you wished, but I doubt that many would do this. .--C:Amie 14:36, 08 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Article's too Microsoft centric

The term handheld PC/palmtop goes way back to the 1980's long before MS had involvement in making a handheld PC. If i remember correctly, I believe the term palmtop was the more common term way back then with handheld PC being the more common term today. Since their have been various handheld PC and palmtop devices that used non-MS operating systems such as Linux and Palm OS, the article should be rewritten to first deal with the terms handheld PC and palmtop as their apply to palm-sized computing devices, including their history. Then we can address how MS uses the term and describe handheld PC's that follow Microsoft's specifications. Finely, we should explain how the term handheld PC and palmtop have been used to describe PDA's too, and what if any distinctions have been made between PDA's and heldheld PC's/palmtops. --Cab88 22:03, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reverted 86.139.21.31's changes

86.139.21.31 recently edited the article, and removed references to Handheld PC, and changed to palmtop, and changed Windows CE to XP, I reverted their changes... If anyone disagrees, feel free to reply here... --Illyria05-- 17:44, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] What are typical screen sizes of a handheld PC?

What are typical screen sizes of a handheld PC? My research pretty much divides mobile computers up into these categories:

  • Cell phone – typically around 2.6" (e.g. Nokia N95)
  • iPhone – 3.5"
  • Handheld PC – ~2.8-3.8"; runs Windows CE, or Windows Mobile, etc.; for instance HP iPAQ
  • UMPC/MID – ~5-6" screen size, sometimes a bit bigger (e.g. Psion Series 7 was 7.7")
  • Subnotebooks – 10.4" or less, and runs full version of Windows
  • Laptops – 12-17"

It seems like there is a lot of overlapping terminology out there. We have terms like Pocket PC, handheld PC, that seem to basically mean the same thing. StrengthOfNations (talk) 14:12, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Handheld PCs are clamshells with a keyboard, while Pocket PCs don't have folding keyboards. Anarchist42 (talk) 22:48, 18 November 2007 (UTC)