According to the article, by mid-2002, notebook-type mobile devices had been eclipsed by "more portable tablet-style handhelds from Palm and various Microsoft licensees, most notably Compaq's iPaq range," the article says. But the "tide may be now turning" due in part to the features of Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition. Support for high resolution, VGA displays in landscape mode and data entry using either the touch screen or a Qwerty keyboard "remove the form factor limitations that have resulted in Pocket PCs looking very similar while also maintaining application portability."
Examples of notebook-style handhelds currently offered, and running Windows Embedded operating systems, include the NEC
MobilePro 900c, Psion Teklogix
NetBook Pro, Zupera
SmartBook, and the Data Evolution
Cathena.
The article quotes an HP executive in Europe as saying that a notebook-style handheld "is one form factor [HP is] considering."
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