Itsy Pocket Computer

The Itsy Pocket Computer is a small, low-power, handheld device with a highly flexible interface. It was designed at Digital Equipment Corporation's Western Research Laboratory in Palo Alto to encourage novel user interface development—for example, it had accelerometers to detect movement and orientation as early as 1999.^[1][2]

Figure of the front panel from the Itsy computer 1.5

Itsy Pocket Computer

Developer	Digital Equipment Corporation
Type	handheld device
Release date	N/A
CPU	DEC StrongARM SA-1100
Memory	16 MB of DRAM
Storage	4 MB of flash memory
Display	Small 320 x 200 pixel LCD touchscreen
Graphics	320 x 200 pixel
Input	10 general purpose push-buttons
Connectivity	I/O interfaces for audio input/output, IrDA, and an RS232 serial port
Power	Pair of standard AAA alkaline batteries
Website	www.research.digital.com/wrl/itsy/ at the Wayback Machine (archived October 1, 1999)

Hardware

• CPU: DEC StrongARM SA-1100 processor
• Memory: 16 MB of DRAM, 4 MB of flash memory
• Interfaces: I/O interfaces for audio input/output, IrDA, and an RS232 serial port
  • Small 320 x 200 pixel LCD touchscreen for display and user input
  • 10 general purpose push-buttons for additional user input purposes
• Power supply: Pair of standard AAA alkaline batteries