Your Personal Digital Assistant

By Rob C. Wood

A greatly overlooked element of owning a PDA is that you actually need to take care of them if you want them to last. For most people this will mean two things – getting some software protection for your PDA and getting it a physical case to stop it getting knocked around.

As everyone knows, desktop and laptop computers need to be protected with firewalls and antivirus software. With so much malware, spyware and adware around it is pretty much a necessity. Unfortunately the same thing has to be done for your PDA. A good money saving tip is to search for software that can be used on both your computer and your PDA. There are tons of options available with Avast4 PDA Edition and Airscanner software both being very popular choices for protecting PDAs. Installing this software should be very Continue Reading…

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By E. B. Randall

PDAs are well on the way to becoming indispensable devices for many people so finding the best pda for your needs is important. Their size and versatility make them attractive because of the convenience of having critical information right at hand in a small package.

As people become busier, keeping track of their lives can get quite complicated and relying on your own memory or a bulky agenda just doesn’t cut it anymore. Keeping calendars, schedules and contact lists on a notebook computer - or even worse, a desktop, rarely is as serviceable an alternative as the smaller PDA.

With the integration of cellular telephone capabilities, email and web browsing, the PDA is turning into an all-in-one device in a convenient size - and it’s changing people’s lives as well as reducing the sheer number of devices they need to lug around.

But, if you are a newcomer to the PDA market, it can be an overwhelming, upsetting, anxiety provoking experience to walk into a store and stare at all those PDAs while you’re being stalked by commission hungry sales people dying to sell you the model they get the highest commission on.

As a side note here, that model with the big commission is rarely the best PDA or the most reliable, but it almost always is the one with the biggest difference between the store’s cost and your Continue Reading…

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By Jeff Fenske

PDAs—The Second Digital Revolution

Do you remember when computers were first coming out and changing the way businesses operated? Pretty soon, it wasn’t just businesses—computers and the internet have changed the way that people live their everyday lives.

The same thing is happening again with PDAs, or Personal Digital Assistants, are mini computers that fit into the palm of your hand. The capabilities of PDAs are practically unlimited!

In The Beginning

Personal Digital Assistants, also known as pocket computers or palmtop computers, did not always have such a wide array of features. When the digital instruments were first introduced, they were designed to be merely personal organizers. These personal organizers had a simple range of features, such as a notepad function, calendar, and calculator.

The Evolution Of PDAs

As PDAs became increasingly used for business purposes, more features were added to allow the user to have access to almost every form of communication available—right at their fingertips! Today, PDAs can access the Internet, receive and send Emails, play mp3 files, create spreadsheets, play games, record videos, act as cameras, and even act a phones!

Standard Features

There are a few features that every PDA needs in order to function. Typically, PDAs use a touch screen to enter data. A stylus is used to interact with the touch screen. For business use, PDAs typically have a full keyboard as opposed to a touch screen.

PDAs also have a memory card slot for storing information. Most early PDAs did not have a memory card slot, but it has become a standard feature. Personal Digital Assistants now typically have a Secure Digital (SD) or Compact Flash slot. Some even have a USB port to accommodate USB flash drives.

The final standard feature of a Personal Digital Assistant is Bluetooth or WiFi for connectivity. This is how the device is able to access Continue Reading…

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By Kathryn Lively

Every year we make the same resolutions: we are going to exercise more, eat better, and above all get organized. Maybe you are like the thousands upon thousands of people who, each year, go out and buy a thick personal organizer.

You look forward to a new year of planning appointments and keeping track of friends and business contacts in your new notebook.

How soon into the new year, however, is the notebook cast aside, its pages empty? Perhaps this time you should consider something less cumbersome with more usability, like a Personal Digital Assistant.

A Personal Digital Assistant, or PDA, may resemble a communication device from an old science fiction series, but in reality it is fast becoming an important piece of hardware for businesspeople and anyone who wants to get organized. Depending upon the style of PDA, it is capable of doing many things.

It is a calendar, an address book, a word processor, and a memory bank for all sorts of data. Some PDAs may be built into Continue Reading…

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