I think I've still got a Compaq iPaq in my collection of obsolete gadgets, but last time I tried it the battery wouldn't hold a charge at all.
More disappointingly, other gadgets of a similar era - such as a Creative Labs Nomad Jukebox and a GP32 handheld are suffering from flash memory losing it's contents (the firmware), bricking the devices :(
https://fantasticbytes.com/products/launchmanager
I even wrote a disassembler for them
http://blog.carolos.za.net/2007/03/charmed-disassembler-beta...
More disappointingly, other gadgets of a similar era - such as a Creative Labs Nomad Jukebox and a GP32 handheld are suffering from flash memory losing it's contents (the firmware), bricking the devices :(
haha this made me chuckle
Side note: this makes me wish the windows handhelds had a phone form factor and 5g