[Robert’s Retro] is one of those great YouTube channels that shows us the ins and outs of old and obscure computers. [Robert] likes going a step beyond the traditional teardown though, repairing and ...
For those of you who were born after the year 2000, you probably don't remember a time before everyone was toting around smartphones with touchscreens. During the 1990s, though, the concept of ...
Radio Shack had a long history of buying things overseas, having their name slapped on them, and selling them in the United States. That was the case with the Tandy Pocket Computers, which were in ...
The issue of input optimization on pocket computers has been a consistent problem for many. Finding the best way for users to be able to quickly and easily input data can be a tricky process, and many ...
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 ...
Most modern computers small enough to fit in a pocket either have a BlackBerry-style keyboard or a touchscreen display and no physical keyboard. But the Chonky Pocket stands out from the crowd.
Here is a pocket computer designed by none other than Peter Barker, who we have seen design several innovative devices earlier. The CL-32, his latest creation, features an E Ink display powered by an ...
Most of us know that phones are small computers, but we don't of them that way. Thing is, a smartphone can do almost anything a laptop can do—so it makes sense to use them for similar work. We speak ...
While it got off to a rocky start with the overhyped Y2K bug and dotcom bubble, the era dubbed the "Digital Decade" by Microsoft's Bill Gates has turned out to be a dizzying period of innovation.