Personal Digital Assistant |
Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) are handheld devices that were originally designed as personal organizers, but became much more versatile over the years. A basic PDA usually includes a
clock, date book, address book, task list, memo pad and a simple calculator.
One major advantage of using PDAs is their ability to synchronize data with desktop, notebook and desknote computers.
The term personal digital assistant was coined on 7 January 1992 by John Sculley at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, referring to the Apple Newton.
The currently major PDA operating systems are: Linux, PalmSource's Palm OS,
Pocket PC (Windows CE) from
Microsoft, Research
In Motion and Symbian OS (formerly EPOC)
According to a Gartner market study, the overall market has shrunk by 5% in Q1 2004
compared to Q1 2003, and the shares are:
Some examples of PDAs:
You can download Wikipedia to your PDA: Wikipedia:TomeRaider_database
Arcle Technologies have some articles that compares several PDA operating systems both from the user's and software developer's perspective. See http://www.arcle.com/publications/essays.php
See also: ebook, laptop, personal area network, smartphone, sub-notebook, wearable computer, Toothing
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