Windows CE .net changed the face of the Handheld PC community, allowing what we consider the Handheld PC to continue to survive long after the demise of the Handheld PC as a platform.

With its modular roots, CE 4 has allowed developers to generate a new breed of innovative devices, far sooner than developers of platform based counterparts could ever have dreamed of. The SmartBook G138 from Book Digital Co. is one such device which on paper offers all the features you would expect from a Handheld PC, with full telephone support and a great specification.

We take you back to 2003 with a device that is still being manufactured in our latest Flashback review here on HPC:Factor, as we take the SmartBook for a test drive.

Read: Book Digital Co. SmartBook G138