Question about Internet capable portable electronic devices

[Phlegmak]

Is there a wearable device that does all of these:

1. Can be carried in a pocket
2. Can browse webpages
3. Can play one or more of these:

a. a Windows Media Format stream
b. a RealMedia stream​

4. Can run javascript in webpages
5. Can be listened to using headphones
6. OPTIONAL: Can play mp3 files.

Perhaps all of you might think "Duh! Where do you live, under a rock?" I am not a technophile and don't have any portable electronic devices at all, except my digital camera, which I don't normally carry.

 

[lndm]

Maybe you should be looking at phones.

 

[SG-17]

The Sony PSP has a limited ability to run javascript, considering it only has 64mb of Ram. Im pretty sure it can play .wma files. IDK about RealMedia. It can however play .mp3 and .mp4 video. You however need to buy a Memory Stick Pro Duo for it as it has no internal memory.

 

[GoodGame]

A netbook, though definitely not wearable: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netbook


In wearable, I think you'll need a Windows-based PDA, e.g. http://reviews.cnet.com/pdas/hp-ipaq-rx5900-travel/4507-3127_7-32079581.html?tag=mncol;rnav (bloated as a GPS).

Not sure if all the apps you specify can run in other PDA OSs, like Palm, linux, etc..

 

[GoodGame]

Going with the Windows OS, maybe this one: http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/s...derflow=1&product_code=FB041AA#ABA&catLevel=2

Pickings are slim in new PDAs. Seems like the smart-phone /iPhone has made serious in-roads into the PDA market.


Anyways, if you have a windows-based OS that comes with Internet Explorer, then it should be able to run Javascript, as far as I've read. And if windows-based, it most probably runs windows media files (WMA / WMV).



And for using RealMedia, this seems to be a RealMedia to WMV converter: http://www.riverpast.com/en/support/tutorials/convert/rm/windowsmobile_video.php. Something like that on a PC, then downloaded to your PDA, might be all you need.

 

[Padma]

I think my old Palm Treo could do all that. Maybe not wmv streams - I never tried. But all the rest, including MS-Office compatibility (using DocumentsToGo).

 

[Jerrymander]

I have a NetBook (MSI Wind, to be exact) but I've seen the EEE 700 in a Target store for $299. It is quite tiny and might fit what you're looking for. Anything larger is actually pretty big.

Problem is it comes with a daft Linux OS, ZandrOS.