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Pocket Z : Bring back the PDAs & UMPCs

https://hackaday.io/project/196625-pocket-z-bring-back-the-pdas-amp-umpcs

"A high quality UMPC built around a 5" & 7" Display and a Pi Zero 2W"

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Pocket Z : Bring back the PDAs & UMPCs

Back in the 1990s & early 2000s the PDAs & UMPC where all the rage, devices like the Psion 3 and 5MX, the HP Jornada 720 or more recently the Sharp Zaurus where all very capable pocketable computers that were running real operating systems. While our smartphones replaced them long ago and are way more powerful than anything from back then, I do believe that the disappeareance of this category of devices left an empty space behind. The goal of this project is to create a high quality device good enough to be produced, powerful enough to run a Linux Desktop Environment while being super portable with the lowest price tag possible.

Pocket Z project aims to build $99 Linux PCs that fit in your pocket - Liliputing

Pocket Z project aims to build $99 Linux PCs that fit in your pocket

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Pocket Z project aims to build $99 Linux PCs that fit in your pocket

Before smartphones with touchscreen displays began to dominate the mobile computing space, device makers tried out a number of different form factors to see what would stick. There were stylus-driven devices like the Apple Newton and Palm Pilot, thumb keyboard devices like the BlackBerry line of phones, and mini-laptops like the Psion Series 5mx and HP Jornada […]

https://liliputing.com/?p=169912

#miniLaptop #pda #pocketComputer #pocketZ #umpc

Pocket Z project aims to build $99 Linux PCs that fit in your pocket - Liliputing

Pocket Z project aims to build $99 Linux PCs that fit in your pocket

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