Mobile Device Table

A summary of the portable computing devices that I have used for work over the years for no reason other than general interest. There are others (such as the Omnibook 600C) that I have owned and toyed with but not used in anger.

The heaviest device was the AST Ascentia J30 at 2650g, a large chunk of which was battery as far as I can remember. The largest screen was the Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition which, with Linux out of the box, was a real delight apart from the trackpad.

I don't get on with trackpads of any sort (yes, I've tried Macs and I find they're even more annoying than PC ones). The Omnibook popout mouse was a great idea, trackpoints are fine and touchscreen are OK provided they have stylus support. The Samsung Tab S is interesting - it has a capacitative screen but works with a special Samsung stylus with a narrow tip. I don't know how they do it since the stylus won't work on other screens.

Mfg	Model	Year	CPU	RAM	Storage	Screen Size	Screen Resolution
Casio	FX 700P	1983	Hitachi HD61913A01	2K	12K ROM	~2 inch	12 chars
HP	Omnibook 300	1993	Intel 386SXLV 16Mhz	4M	~12M ROM 10M SSD	9 inch	640x480 (16 grey levels)
AST	Ascentia J30	1996	Intel Pentium 133MHz	40M	800MB HDD	10.4 inch	800x600 DSTN (256 colours)
HP	Omnibook 800CT	1996	Intel Pentium MMX 166MHz	80M	2G HDD	10.4 inch	800x600 TFT (16 bit colour)
Fujitsu	Lifebook B2154	2000	Intel Mobile Celeron 450MHz	192M	2G HDD	10.4 inch	800x600 TFT (16 bit colour)
Sharp	Zaurus SLC1000	2005	Xscale ARM 416MHz	64M	128M SSD	3.7 inch	640x480 ICZ
Fujitsu	Lifebook U810	2007	Intel A110 800MHz	1G	60G HDD	5.6 inch	1024x600 TFT
Toshiba	NB100	2009	Intel Atom N270 1.6Ghz Hyperthreading	2G	120G HDD	8.9 inch	1024x600 TFT
Dell	XPS 13 L322X	2013	Intel Core i73537U 2GHz (3.1 turbo) Dual core+HT	8G	256GB SSD	13.3 inch	1920x1080 IPS
Samsung	Galaxy Tab S 8.4	2014	Exynos 5420 Octa	3G	32GB + 128GB MicroSDXC	8.4 Inch	2560x1600 OLED
GPD	Pocket	2017	Intel Atom X8750 1.6GHz (2.56GHz turbo) Quad core	8G	128GB SSD + 256Gb MicroSDXC	7-inch	1920x1200 IPS

Mfg	Model	Year	HxWxD (mm)	Mass (g)	Touch-screen	Track-point	Conver-tible	Notes
Casio	FX 700P	1983	71x165x10	116				BASIC Programmable Calculator
HP	Omnibook 300	1993	163x282x36	1315				MSDOS 3.3, Windows 3.1, MSOffice in ROM Popout mouse
AST	Ascentia J30	1996	289x228x47	2650		X		Win 95
HP	Omnibook 800CT	1996	185x282x40	1770				Win 95, popout mouse
Fujitsu	Lifebook B2154	2000	308x274x40	1400	X	X		Win 98
Sharp	Zaurus SLC1000	2005	128x87x24	298	X		X	Cacko Linux, Dpad
Fujitsu	Lifebook U810	2007	150x168x33	712	X	X	X	Win Vista (replaced with OpenSuse),
Toshiba	NB100	2009	225x191x33	1000				Win XP (replaced with OpenSuse)
Dell	XPS 13 L322X	2013	205x316x18	1360				Ubuntu preloaded (replaced with Kubuntu)
Samsung	Galaxy Tab S 8.4	2014	214x142x8 (inc. kbd)	647	X		X	Android, Removable Bluetooth Keyboard
GPD	Pocket	2017	180x106x18.5	480	X	X		Win 10