Move over personal computers, you're just not personal enough. Consumers are seeking something sleeker, something less sedentary. Something that will perform more technological acrobatics and perhaps be a little easier to cuddle up with on a rainy day. Or so handheld computer makers and visionaries would have you believe.

Handspring is one company banking on the future of handhelds, the market for which it says will expand to 30 million units during 2004.

With 28 percent of the U.S. market, 18 percent of the Japanese market and nearly 2 million units sold, the company is in a powerful position to take advantage of the burgeoning handheld boom.