handheld device
Palm-sized tech tool
A handheld device is any electronic gadget small enough to hold and operate in one hand—smartphones, tablets, GPS units, portable game consoles.
The term emerged with early PDAs and calculators, distinguishing compact portable electronics from desktop or laptop computers.
The museum prohibits handheld devices in the gallery.
- walkie-talkiePortable handheld radio transceiver
- smartphoneHandheld connected computer
- mobile appTouchscreen device program
- touch screenInput surface sensing contact
- e-readerDigital book device
tablet · barcode scanner · satellite phone · controller · digital thermometer · cordless phone · case · grip · joystick · pager · screen · GPS · fitness tracker · flashlight · swipe · Game Boy · wearable computer · pocket calculator
- audio toursaudio tour, audio guide, museum tour, gallery tour, self-guided tour
- Dermoscopydermatoscope, polarized light, magnification, incident light
- light therapyphototherapy, light box, light therapy, red light therapy, photobiomodulation
- PDAsPDA, Palm Pilot, PalmPilot, digital organizer, personal digital assistant
- medical testsblood test, blood tests, CT scan, X-ray, urine tests
- miniaturesminiatures, figurines, figurine, miniature sculptures, scale models
handheld devicedesktop computer
Fixed-location personal computer
mainframe · desktop · supercomputer · server · server rack
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