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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:27, 17 October 2021 (UTC)

IBM Palm Top PC 110

• ... that IBM originally designed the Palm Top PC 110 (pictured) to be closer in shape to a VHS but narrowed it when testers kept using their thumbs to type? Source: "Tetsuya Kaku, who worked on the Palm Top design, said IBM Japan engineers at the Yamato laboratory first conceived of a computer measuring about the same size as a VHS tape. But the final Palm Top is more box-shaped, slightly thicker than the original prototype. One reason is that many people type on a small computer with their thumbs, grasping the sides of the system and thumbing in the characters, Kaku said" [7].
  • ALT1:... that IBM's Palm Top PC 110 (pictured) could be turned into a handset? Source: "Engineers from IBM Japan, Hoshiden Electric and Ricoh jointly developed a flip-out phone jack, called the Winjack, that Kaku said doesn't take up space inside the system. If a phone line is placed in the Winjack, a person can grab the Palm Top in his hand, speak into the microphone and listen to the built-in speakers" [7].

Improved to Good Article status by DigitalIceAge (talk) and PhotographyEdits (talk). Nominated by DigitalIceAge (talk) at 11:04, 16 September 2021 (UTC).

Overall: Sorry it's taken so long for someone to get to this! We should be good to go, nice work! theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 01:49, 30 September 2021 (UTC)