Hand-held
Hand-held adjective - Small and light enough to be operated while you hold it in your hands.
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He actually really helps the war effort by making morale-boosting propaganda movies, initially just using his own hand-held cameras to make documentaries funded out of pocket, similar to the kind that got us through the darkest days of World War II.
Source: Literature / World War Z - The Pocket Station was a hand-held console produced by Sony which never seen the light of day outside of Japan and was planned to be released overseas.
Source: No Export For You / Video Games - The official justification is that it was feared one or all had access to bomb detonator controls which were small enough to be carried in a pocket or otherwise hand-held, and that they hadn't indicated surrender or displayed empty hands to the SAS team seeking to detain them.
Source: Shoot Him, He Has a Wallet!
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