A palm-size PC's start menu
The
palm-size PC was
Microsoft's first attempt at a
computer conforming to a palmtop profile (or, as commonly referred to, a
PDA). These devices demonstrated many firsts for this form factor, including wave sound output, color and (comparatively) high-resolution
screens, and a standardized
software environment that ran on many different manufacturers'
hardware platforms. Palm-size PCs were unique in that they were one of the few standardized modern computing platforms that did not use any standard
microprocessor - Palm-size PCs were available with
ARM,
SH3,
MIPS, and
x86 processors. The palm-size PC was never hugely successful, and Microsoft later replaced it with the
Pocket PC.
