The computer manufacturer plans to put up a major fight for the handheld market, aiming to produce 100,000 per month sometime during the first quarter. Compaq aims to quadruple handheld production ...

January 1982 Former Texas Instruments manager Rod Canion comes up with the idea of a portable computer that runs all the programs that operate on the IBM PC without any modification. Canion, Jim ...

Compaq was one of those companies, and it found a niche immediately by producing a portable version of the IBM PC (at 28 pounds, it was "portable" by the standards of the time).

A Portable, IBM-compatible PC. The Compaq Portable was about the size of the typical PC towers that we have today, but the all-in-one contained everything one would need for computing on the go ...

When the first iPaqs hit the market, they didn't last long on store shelves. Those who wanted one often had to wait months until they were available again. Compaq Computer's problem was that it ...

The Compaq Portable played a key role in making the PC a cross-manufacturer standard rather than a Big Blue monopoly. Photo: Courtesy of Tiziano Garuti 1982: The Grid Compass 1100 ...

Some iPaq handheld owners looking to surf the Web via their external modems have been beached because of a software glitch. A number of owners of Compaq Computer's iPaq H3600 series have ...

Compaq Computer on Friday unveiled two new iPaq handhelds, including one equipped with 64MB of memory. The company also announced the release of a dual PC Card expansion pack for iPaq handhelds ...

Shortages of Compaq Computer Corp.'s iPAQ Pocket PC are forcing the computer maker to significantly increase its outsourcing efforts with Taiwan's High Tech Computer Corp. Compaq will shell out $700 ...

The IBM PC-XT had a lot more expansion slots compared to the first IBM PC that launched in 1981, but it was not as big of a leap in other hardware specs. It also had a rival PC in the Compaq Portable.

Compaq Computer Corp. yesterday announced a deal with Allscripts Healthcare Solutions to provide physicians with iPaq Pocket PCs that they can use to access patient information.