Handheld computers, which have largely been regarded as the playthings of the technical and corporate elite, are gaining the raw computing power to become highly functional devices. As a result, they are starting to merge with portables. On the one side, portables running full desktop operating systems (e.g., the Vaio UX and Asus Eee PC) are shrinking to handheld or near-handheld size. On the other, new low-power processing and nonvolatile memory chips are providing desktop-level computing and storage power to handhelds. These handhelds have the power to compete with desktops in terms of real productivity, while offering the advantage of computing anywhere, anytime, rather than just on a desk. Enterprises need to push the vendors into developing hardware that supports productivity rather than just glitz and encourage knowledge workers to leverage the advantages of the new platforms to improve both their lifestyles and productivity.