The Multifaceted Potential Of PDAs
A personal digital assistant (PDA) is also known as a palmtop computer. It is a handheld computer. Newer PDAs have color screens and audio capabilities. This makes it possible for it to be used as portable media players, smartphones or mobile phones, or web browsers. Internet, extranets or intranets can be accessed by many PDAs now using Wireless Wide-Area Networks or Wi-Fi. PDAs have been introduced with Touch Screen technologies.
CASIO PF-3000 was the first PDA to be launched in 1983. PDA functionality was first introduced into mobile phone by Nokia in 1996 called 9000 Communicator which is the best selling PDA in the world. This also led to the emergence of the category of phones called smartphones such as the RIM Blackberry, Nokia N-Series and Apple iPhone. The present PDA has the touch screen, and a memory card slot for data storage. Connectivity is provided by Bluetooth, WiFi or IrDA. Those without the touch screen continue with a directional pad, softkeys and a thumb keyboard or numeric keyboard for input. The software typically includes a to-do list, appointment calendar, an address book and a note program. Web support and E-mail is available with those PDAs having web connectivity.PDAs can store information which can be accessed whenever the user wants to access them. PDA, when fitted with differential Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers, offer realtime automobile navigation. New cars are often fitted with such PDAs. Many PDAs are also enabled to display road conditions, traffic conditions, roadside mobile radar guns and dynamic routing.
The popular PDAs include Abacus PDA Watch, E-TEN, AlphaSmart, Acer N Series, Amida Simputer, Audiovox (Sprint) PPC Series, BlackBerry, Encore Simputer, HP iPAQ, Fujitsu Siemens Loox, Nokia E Series, I-mate, Motorola Rokr E6, Dell X51, SonyEricsson P-series, MotoRokr E8, and Apple Inc.’s iPhone & iPod Touch.
PDAs are also used for mobile data applications by businesses and government organizations. Applications include package delivery, supply chain management in warehouses, medical treatment and record keeping in hospitals, route accounting, parking enforcement, facilities maintenance and management, capital asset maintenance, access control and security, ‘wireless waitress’ applications in restaurants and hospitality venues, and meter reading by utilities. Data capture devices such as Bar Code, Smart Card Readers and RFID were also incorporated into many of these PDAs. 77
PDA gadgets have helped man’s daily activities become easier. As the PDA market offers more and brands, it is always good to choose the products from credible companies.
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