Handheld devices (also known as handhelds) are pocket-sized computing devices that are rapidly gaining popularity as the access to information in every walk of life becomes more and more mission critical. Along with mobile computing decides such as laptops and smartphones, PDAs represent the new frontier of computing as desktop computers find less and less favour among every day users.

The following are typical handhelds.

• Information Appliance
• Smartphone
• PDA
• Cell Phone
• Network Computer
• Handheld game console