The HP 620LX is a palmtop computer

Handheld PC

A Handheld PC, or H/PC for short, is a term for a computer built around a form factor which is smaller than any standard laptop computer. It is sometimes referred to as a Palmtop. The first handheld device compatible with desktop IBM personal computers of the time was the Atari Portfolio of 1989...

 that runs Windows CE 2.0. It has a CompactFlash

CompactFlash

CompactFlash is a mass storage device format used in portable electronic devices. Most CompactFlash devices contain flash memory in a standardized enclosure. The format was first specified and produced by SanDisk in 1994...

 type 1 card slot, a PC card

PC card

In computing, PC Card is the form factor of a peripheral interface designed for laptop computers. The PC Card standard was defined and developed by the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association which itself was created by a number of computer industry companies in the United States...

 slot, a serial link cable plug, and an infrared

Infrared

Infrared light is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength longer than that of visible light, measured from the nominal edge of visible red light at 0.74 micrometres , and extending conventionally to 300 µm...

 port.(Note this can be upgraded to a 32 mb. Windows CE 3.0 Computer)

It is internet capable by attaching an add-on modem

Modem

A modem is a device that modulates an analog carrier signal to encode digital information, and also demodulates such a carrier signal to decode the transmitted information. The goal is to produce a signal that can be transmitted easily and decoded to reproduce the original digital data...

 or through an Ethernet

Ethernet

Ethernet is a family of computer networking technologies for local area networks commercially introduced in 1980. Standardized in IEEE 802.3, Ethernet has largely replaced competing wired LAN technologies....

 or Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi or Wifi, is a mechanism for wirelessly connecting electronic devices. A device enabled with Wi-Fi, such as a personal computer, video game console, smartphone, or digital audio player, can connect to the Internet via a wireless network access point. An access point has a range of about 20...

 card. Only type 1 PC cards are supported, and special drivers for Windows CE are required.

See also

• List of HP Pocket Computers
• HP 300LX
  Hp 300lx
  The HP 300LX was one of the first handheld PCs designed to run the Windows CE 1.0 operating system from Microsoft. Unlike other HPCs of the time, the resistive touch screen had an enhanced screen resolution of 640x240 with 4 shades of grey, rather than the standard 480x240 resolution of other...
  
  
• HP 320LX
• HP 660LX
  HP 660lx
  The HP 660lx is a handheld, palmtop organizer that runs Windows CE 2.0 or Windows CE 2.11, with hardware very similar to the previous model, the HP 620lx. It has a Compact-flash type 1 card slot, a PC card slot, a serial link cable plug, and an Infrared Port.It is internet capable by attaching an...