The 'Pocket PC' I've had in my attic for 13 years

What passed as "cutting edge" pocket technology way back in the day? Well... the iPAQ was amazing pocket tech in MY day... let's check it out.

Intro Screen Music Credit:
Title: Laszlo - Supernova

[mikayelkotanjyan]

2006 Linus-being paranoid and putting a screen protector on a digital assistor
2019 Linus- drops a 10k$ cpu

[CAHW]

Linus has no qualms and doesn't give a second thought to taking apart a 8k Red camera but the 13 year old palm pilot is where he draws the line...

[mikes]

His 13 year old PDA is more responsive than my year old budget phone.

[ryanmayberry]

“This touch screen is pressure sensitive not capacitive”
*has Nintendo DS flashbacks*

[TheWebstaff]

You know what you should do..


A week in the life of Linus using only (insert year) hardware only.
How will he cope trying to do his day to day only using old equipment.

[laurenzooo]

My parents still use pressure sensitive touch, when something isn't working on their iPhones.

[katasiapa]

Next vid Linus will show us his 20 years old adult magazine collection from high school.

[asaboyes]

I love these kind of retrospective videos hosted by Linus, I think it really demonstrates his passion for technology more than a video about the latest and greatest hardware in a'lot of cases.

[Milkysaurus]

Can we talk about how responsive the iPaq is when jumping back and forth thru apps? Some smartphones arent even that responsive lmao

[MarekKnapek]

The Start menu! But its on top left instead of bottom right. -- Linus

[CyberPickle]

A new series we'll be calling "Stuff I found in my attic"

[tylergarton]

So much nostalgia in this video! I learned how to build a ROM in these old pocket PCs! I spent much of my middle school and high school time timing around with devices like these! Thank you so much for the blast from the past!

[CruelViper]

You should make a series of this kinda stuff.
"Innovations of the past"
Ground breaking technology of today becomes obsolete in just a few years time.
Love to see you review old relics from the past.

[MisterLEMNS]

Oh god, oh no... Linus is explaining what a PDA was. Dear lord I'm getting old

[imhorizn]

5:34 start menu! in the top left opposed to the bottom right!

im sorry what?

[stephenwilkens]

Aside from the customization, my favorite part of old WinMobile and the few PDAs/Phones, was actually their handwriting recognition. It was super accurate and after clicking a text box, you could write anywhere on the screen in order to enter it as text in the box

[joshuayangg]

You know you were here early when the title changed from "Ipaq" to "Pocket pc"

[DarioDAversa]

Oh, I remember these. The nerdy beauty of having your calendar and contacts in your pocket. I loved it! You looked so PRO when you had one, it just felt awesome. One thing I do miss is, and it's not specific to the hardware, but rather the software -- is that when you used it, you were actually using your time wisely, and not just liking random, heavily-edited & filtered photos.

[FerralVideo]

I have almost that same model!
Ninja edit:
Those screens are transflective! They work in sunlight even with backlight off.

[angermanager]

"64 gigs of RAM"
*Flips table and spits drink out*
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Reads on screen correction.
*Slowly rearranges table and mops the spill*