Despite initial interest in the 1990s and early 2000s, palmtop computers never really took off. Realistically most consumers were probably satisfied enough with smartphones as they became more widely ...

For several years, technology pundits have predicted the death of the palmtop computer. "This is the cell phone age," they say. "Who's going to carry around a separate gadget just to look up names and ...

Judging by the blue prints that have leaked online, what we are seeing is a compact palmtop with a docking bay on the side for a detachable phone. Or as the official documentation puts it: “compact ...

The handheld computing market might seem dominated by smartphones today, but before their mass adoption there were other offerings for those who needed some computing power on-the-go. If a 90s laptop ...

Sales of palmtop computers will explode in the next three years, according to a new study by Cahners In-stat Group, leaving handheld PCs in the rearview mirror. Rapid advances in technology will add ...

Before smartphones and tablets, and even before Palm Pilot, the Palm Pilot and Apple Newton, HP was experimenting with a different kind of pocket-sized computer: the palmtop PC. In 1991, the company ...