The _<A HREF="https://wikipedia.org/wiki/OQO">OQO_</A>, 
a remarkable handheld computer that ran full Windows
before smartphones were around.  

I owned two of these: the earlier model shown here (which 
wound up being drenched by a spilled beer in London), and 
the last model (which still works to this day; see 
_<A HREF="2008%20Seagate%20OQO%2002.jpg.html">2008_</A>).  
The OQO also ran real Excel with VBA—something 
that neither Android nor iOS can do at this writing. 

The OQO generated a lot of buzz at the time (and was demoed 
by a B. Gates onstage at a Windows conference).  Sadly, 
its moment in the limelight was brief.  Whether it was too pricey, 
too ahead of its time, or too something else, OQO died before 
the rise of smartphones, which still seem crippled by comparison
today.