| The PDA initials stand for personal digital assistant, | | | | The PDAs have a touch screen, and many of the |
| and these are some small gadgets that fit into | | | | devices that are available on the market have a |
| your pocket. The PDAs were initially meant to be | | | | color screen. The PDAs have memory card slots, |
| personal organizers, but the technology had made | | | | and you can add more memory to the already |
| it possible for the PDAs to get other cool | | | | existent figure that is featured on the PDA. The |
| features such as radio, MP3 players and cameras, | | | | most devices have a SD (Secure Digital) or |
| that make them more than personal organizers. | | | | Compact Flash slot. Some PDAs have USB ports |
| These can become the 21st century man's best | | | | for USB flash drives. The majority of the PDAs |
| friend. | | | | have Bluetooth wireless connectivity and the |
| So what else can a PDA do? Well, first of all, it | | | | major operating systems are: Palm OS, Windows |
| organizes your day the way you want it. You can | | | | Mobile, Blackberry OS, Linux (which is for free), |
| access the Internet using your PDA, make some | | | | Sympbian OS, Windows Vista and many others. |
| calculations, play computer games, record video | | | | The most popular PDAs are the HP iPaq PDA, |
| footages, take some pictures, typewrite, word | | | | Acer N Series PDA, AlphaSmart PDA, Amida |
| processing, making and writing spreadsheets, | | | | PDA, BlackBerry PDA, Casio Pocket Viewer PDA, |
| being a reliable GPS as well. You can store any | | | | Dell Axim PDA, to name but a few. |
| kind of info on you PDA and use it anytime, | | | | All in all, the PDA is a great invention as it is |
| anywhere. In addition, the latest PDA are also | | | | several things in only one device: personal |
| used as mobile phones, so you need nothing more | | | | organizer, camera, mobile phone, radio, MP3 |
| than a PDA to fill your bag or pockets and you | | | | player, and connection to the Internet. Do you |
| are ready for the busy day. The PDAs are an | | | | need anything else? If you do, it won't be a |
| alternative for laptops, but much smaller. One of | | | | wonder if the PDA manufacturers come up with |
| the shortcomings of the PDA is that these have | | | | a new range of PDAs that might feature that |
| a small screen compared to the laptop; however, | | | | very thing that you need. |
| the PDA is lighter and smaller than a laptop. | | | | |