The Sony PCG _<A HREF="https://vaiolibrary.com/PCG-U">U1_</A>: 
a more-or-less handheld Windows PC, which was sold only in Japan
but distributed in the US by Dynamism in Chicago (which 
later morphed into a 3D printing company, weirdly).  

The U1's small form factor jived with my growing travel schedule. 
It was a bit large for a handheld and a bit small for a 
laptop, but its wow factor was off the charts at the time.

A few years later, Sony would also go small with the P series, 
pictured _<A HREF="2009%20Vaio%20P.jpg.html">ahead_</A>, and the 
_<A HREF="https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Vaio_UX_Micro_PC">UX_</A>,
not in this gallery but comparable to the OQO 
_<A HREF="2006 Doused OQO.JPG.html">ahead_</A>.