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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:
PalmSource's Palm OS ,
Pocket PC (Windows CE ) from Microsoft ,
Research In Motion
Linux ,
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:
The usually cited reason for this decline are the growing capabilities of communicators — mobile phones with PDA-like communication functions.
Some examples of PDAs:
You can download Wikipedia to your PDA: Wikipedia:TomeRaider_database
See also:
ebook , laptop , personal area network , smartphone , sub-notebook , wearable computer , Toothing
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