Rudy has his palm-size computer out and he is logging on, but he can't run the plate number because he can't see it.

Speaking of design, won't they have to redesign the human hand for the wonderful new information age when digital electronics delivers the promised palm-size computers?

Won't the keyboard of a palm-size computer be so small that operating it will require fingers like toothpicks?

Philips points to Mr. Patterson as a dedicated user of the Nino, the company's palm-size computer.

On its most fundamental level, it is a fully compatible, slightly smaller and less expensive clone of the palm-size computers now sold by the 3Com Corporation's Palm Computing division.

The Psions, organizers with keyboards, have always been competition for the palm-size computers and have been popular in Europe, with some following here.

The information comes from a palm-size computer that attaches to the viewer's belt.

His top staff members have been given pagers, cell phones and palm-size computers with e-mail.

These days, of course, such notions as wireless communications, video on a thin silver disc and powerful palm-size computers are rather commonplace.