1. University of Utah 1 Portable Computers Early -Osborne -Kaypro -Compaq http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Compaq_portable.jpg http://oldcomputers.net/osborne.html http://oldcomputers.net/kayproii.html

2. University of Utah 2 Portable Computers Early -Osborne -Kaypro -Compaq Later -That’s what we’ll talk about today http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Compaq_portable.jpg http://oldcomputers.net/osborne.html http://oldcomputers.net/kayproii.html

3. University of Utah 3 Progression Mainframe Minicomputer Microcomputer Nanocomputer?

4. University of Utah 4 Progress? “This nanocomputer is great... But the keyboard sure is a pain to type on!”

5. University of Utah 5 Laptops Not a new concept -(TRS-80 Model 100) How do we distinguish previous portable PC’s from laptops? -Runs desktop OS http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Radio_Shack_TRS-80_Model_100.jpg

6. University of Utah 6 NEC UltraLite First notebook computer to run MS-DOS (1988) -But it had no hard drive -and a 8086 processor http://www.configurarequipos.com/doc441.html

7. University of Utah 7 Compaq LTE First practical DOS-based laptop (1989) 640 KB memory Built-in hard/floppy drives Built-in modem MS-DOS 3.3 No pointing device http://www.overclockers.com/articles1171/

8. University of Utah 8 Apple PowerBook First ergonomic laptop (1991) -includes pointing device -space for palmrests http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Powerbook_100_pose.jpg

9. University of Utah 9 Handhelds Sometimes called PDA’s -“Personal Digital Assistant”

10. University of Utah 10 10 Apple Newton Early handheld computer (1993) Excellent handwriting recognition http://www.gadgetspage.com/2007/06

11. University of Utah 11 11 Palm Pilot First popular handheld computer (1997) http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/060321/060321_PalmPilot_vmed.widec.jpg

12. University of Utah 12 12 Graffiti Gesture-recognition for Palm

13. University of Utah 13 13 Handspring Visor (1999) -USB http://www.munguia.us/index1.htm

14. University of Utah 14 14 Pocket PC Microsoft’s answer to Palm Not a single device, but a standard for devices http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocketpc

15. University of Utah 15 15 Weird corporate politics Palm Computing, Inc. (1992) -Acquired by U.S. Robotics (1995) -Acquired by 3Com (1997) Handspring (1998) PalmSource, Inc. (2002) PalmOne, Inc. (2003) -merger with Handspring ACCESS Co. -acquires PalmSource (2005) Palm, Inc. (2005)

16. University of Utah 16 16 Cellular phones Originally, just a mobile telephone Now, most are computers, too.

17. University of Utah 17 17 IBM Simon First “smart phone” (1992) -phone, pager, clock, address book, calculator, games http://stb.msn.com/i/C1/13B55919C32241AA7ABD2F4CC2E82.jpg

18. University of Utah 18 18 Other early phones Nokia 9000 (1996) Blackberry (2001) Handspring Treo (2002)

19. University of Utah 19 19 Portable Music Players Is the iPod a computer? -Discuss.

20. University of Utah 20 20 Operating Systems Requirements: -Low power consumption -Small display size

21. University of Utah 21 21 PalmOS Single-tasking OS Many built-in applications http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Palmos53a.png

22. University of Utah 22 22 Windows Windows CE Windows Mobile -Designed for PocketPC platform http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Windows_mobile_6.png

23. University of Utah 23 23 Symbian OS Most popular mobile OS Like PalmOS, designed for mobile devices from the start. Jointly owned by Nokia, Panasonic, Siemens, Samsung, and others. http://www.tradenote.net/images/users/000/452/693/products_images/737237.jpg

24. University of Utah 24 24 BlackBerry OS Push email (not pull) -They didn’t invent it, but popularized it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Blackberry7250.jpg

25. University of Utah 25 25 IPhone OS Used for iPhone and iPod Touch Based on MacOS X http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Iphone_front.png

26. University of Utah 26 26 Linux Only somewhat popular in mobile world -Why? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Launcher.jpg

27. University of Utah 27 27 Handheld game consoles Early 1980’s: game-specific machines http://retrothing.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/pacman_coleco.jpg

28. University of Utah 28 28 First one Milton Bradley “Microvision” (1979) -Mildly successful http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Microvision2.jpg

29. University of Utah 29 29 Nintendo Gameboy (1989) -First popular handheld game console with exchangeable cartridges http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Gameboy.jpg

30. University of Utah 30 30 Atari Atari Lynx (1989) -Atari’s last visible hardware product http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Atari-lynx-1-1000.jpeg

31. University of Utah 31 31 “Test Question” On a scrap of paper, write a question that encapsulates one of the points from today's class, and turn it in. (Put your name on it!)