Question

When was the world's first laptop computer introduced in the market and by whom?

Answer 1

The Epson HX-20 also recognised as the HC-20 was the first laptop computer.

Features of Epson HX-20

Listed below are the features of Epson HX-20

• Epson HX-20 was invented in July 1980 by Yukio Yokozawa.
• Yukio Yokozawa worked for Suwa Seikosha, a branch of Japanese company Seiko (now Seiko Epson), securing a patent for the invention.
• It was declared in 1981 as the HC-20 in Japan and was founded by Epson in North America as the HX-20 in 1981, at the COMDEX computer show in Las Vegas, where it attracted notable attention for its portability.