Whatever happened to… PalmPilot

High-fives for the first successful stylus-input PDA

Built for pockets At 12cm x 8cm x 1.7cm, the plastic-cased PalmPilot was small and light – it weighed only 5.7 ounces, or 161 grams Touch-sensitive screen The PalmPilots offered a pixel LCD screen as standard. The PalmPilot Pro added a backlit screen, perfect for after-hours working A stylish stylus Stored in a socket moulded into the right-hand side of the device, the stylus could be used to tap and make strokes on the screen Handwriting recognition By using strokes of the stylus in this area of the screen, it was possible to enter text. The strokes had to be learned by the device Lots of apps Each of these reassignable buttons took you to various apps. Third-party apps were also available and the PalmPilot could sync with software from…

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