Quickly retouched my old palmtop concept from 2004. I vaguely recall that back then there weren't really a full OS machine like this, just a few dictionary thingies, organizers and pure gaming devices. Could probably put shift and alt key as shoulder buttons for the index fingers, if thumb-typing.
I made a left handed version of the EPSON HC-45. The character layout is fairly standard, except modern JP keyboards generally use hiragana. Like the Beeb, this has a clear plastic thing over F keys.
I increased the screen size to 50x11 characters. Could be a modern nimble LCD screen with a nice filter. A receipt printer, speaker and battery could possibly fit underneath (the screen flips up). That or a regular cartridge slot. I don't know if these had a regular composite video out. Maybe.
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