I had this shower thought earlier and I actually wanted to post it in that community. The name I came up with was SmartWalkman, but later I realized that Walkman is Sony specific, so I doubt other companies would’ve gone for that name, but I didn’t want to let this shower thought slip so here I am now asking you guys.

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      We had some computers called palmtops for a while! They were sort of like early tablets that ran Windows and had keyboards. Some were pretty cool, and they definitely played a similar role to smartphones for a bit. Although they were overly expensive. Here is one:

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OQO

      These are making a (little) bit of a comeback. I find myself sometimes wanting a portable terminal for emergency maintenance, although it’s more practical to just throw a Bluetooth keyboard for my phone in my backpack.