Portable computer

A UNSC military portable computer.

A portable computer is a personal computer that can easily be transported from one location to another, similar to a modern day laptop computer. Humanity has multiple types of portable computers:

• Data pad - A PDA-like device commonly used by members of the UNSC.
• TACPAD - A military PDA device similar to the data pad.
• COM pad - The civilian equivalent, modeled more on a mobile phone.
• Chatter - A mobile device worn on the wrist.
• Data module - A mobile device utilized by Kig-Yar.

Trivia

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• During her quest to Onyx in 2552, Dr. Halsey used a laptop to store a "micro" AI named Jerrod.
• In Halo 3, specifically the level Crow's Nest, players can break every computer except three. One by the medic in the Ops Center, and two in the observatory in the hangar.

Gallery

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  A train commuter watches a news broadcast of the Battle of Earth on a portable computer.

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  A 3D render of a portable computer used in Halo: Reach.

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  A data pad, one of the more common types of portable computer.

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  An arm-mounted portable computer used by Professor Laszlo Sorvad.

List of appearances

• Halo: The Fall of Reach (First appearance)
• i love bees
• Halo Graphic Novel
  • Second Sunrise over New Mombasa
• Halo: Ghosts of Onyx
• Halo 3
• Halo: Contact Harvest
• Halo 3: ODST
  • Sadie's Story
• Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe
  • Palace Hotel
• Halo: Reach
• Halo: Fall of Reach
  • Boot Camp
• Halo: Glasslands
• Halo: The Thursday War
• Scanned
• Halo 4
  • Spartan Ops
• Halo: Spartan Assault
• Halo: Escalation
• Halo: Mortal Dictata