Itsy Pocket Computer

The Itsy Pocket Computer is a small, low-power, handheld device with a highly flexible interface. It was designed at Digital Equipment Corporation's Western Research Laboratory to encourage novel user interface development—for example, it had accelerometers to detect movement and orientation as early as 1999.[1][2]

Itsy Pocket Computer
DeveloperDigital Equipment Corporation
Typehandheld device
Release dateN/A
CPUDEC StrongARM SA-1100
Memory16 MB of DRAM
Storage4 MB of flash memory
DisplaySmall 320 x 200 pixel LCD touchscreen
Graphics320 x 200 pixel
Input10 general purpose push-buttons
ConnectivityI/O interfaces for audio input/output, IrDA, and an RS232 serial port
PowerPair of standard AAA alkaline batteries
Websitewww.research.digital.com/wrl/itsy/ at the Wayback Machine (archived October 1, 1999)

Hardware
  • CPU: DEC StrongARM SA-1100 processor
  • Memory: 16 MB of DRAM, 4 MB of flash memory
  • Interfaces: I/O interfaces for audio input/output, IrDA, and an RS232 serial port
    • Small 320 x 200 pixel LCD touchscreen for display and user input
    • 10 general purpose push-buttons for additional user input purposes
  • Power supply: Pair of standard AAA alkaline batteries

References
  1. Trends:E-Mail in Your Palm, By Angela Hickman and Carol Levin, PC Mag, 17 Nov 1998, Page 28, ...Compaq Computer's Western Research Lab and Systems Research Center in Palo Alto, California, has come up with the Itsy: a low-power, high-performance pocket computer. The Itsy prototype has a 200-MHz StrongARM SA-110 microprocessor, a hi-res LCD touch screen, an audio codex, and 64MB of memory and runs on a pair of AAA batteries. But don't look for the Itsy in stores. It's strictly a research platform, designed to encourage collaboration and development of next-generation computing appliances and software...
  2. The Itsy Pocket Computer, Joel F. Bartlett, Lawrence S. Brakmo, Keith I. Farkas, William R. Hamburgen, Timothy Mann, Marc A. Viredaz, Carl A. Waldspurger, Deborah A. Wallach, WRL Research Report 2000/6, Compaq Western Research Laboratory, 250 University Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94301. S2CID 236439799 https://www.waldspurger.org/carl/papers/itsy-wrl-20006.pdf
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