The ViewPad 100 SuperPDA, from ViewSonic, features a high luminance SVGA TFT touch screen LCD displays allowing for 800 x 600 resolution. The SuperPDA also works in portrait or landscape orientations and offers additional expandability with USB and PC Card ports, as well as stereo sound and a built-in microphone and speaker.

A viable alternative to a notebook, you can use it to create and edit converted versions of Word and Excel documents and to view PowerPoint and PDF files. And with the ample 10" full-color touchscreen display, reading glasses become optional. "The ViewPads are the first in a new generation of products that will expand mobile computing," said Tom Offutt, general manager of Advanced Technologies for ViewSonic.

At less than 2.5 pounds, the ViewPad 100 SuperPDA is a lightweight, expandable, handheld mobile communication and information management product.

The ViewPad 100 features an "instant on" Microsoft Windows CE 3.0 operating system, a 206MHz Intel StrongARM processor, 32MB of Flash ROM and 64MB of SDRAM memory, supporting rich multimedia capabilities such as MP3, Windows Media Player and voice recording. The ViewPad 100 offers expandability and flexibility, supporting both CompactFlash and PC Card expansion options.