handheld
adj.adj. describes a device that is small and light enough to be held and used with your hands.
adj. designed to be held in the hand while in use; small enough to be portable and operated without a stand or surface. Often used attributively before a noun.
He plays games on a handheld console.
The warehouse staff use handheld scanners to track every item that enters the building.
While early computers occupied entire rooms, modern handheld devices possess significantly more processing power and can perform complex calculations in seconds.
A compound formed from the noun hand and the past participle of the verb hold. The term emerged in the mid-twentieth century as a descriptor for portable equipment before becoming a standalone noun in the computing era.
Typically placed before the noun it modifies.