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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Staying Organized With A Handheld PDA Computer

By Jonathan Wright

People who like to be organized and get things done really need to get themselves a PDA. These small handheld computers can make a huge difference in your ability to get things done.

iPAQ functions as a pocket personal computer as well as a personal digital assistant (PDA). Introduced initially in 1999 by Compaq, it combines mobile phone, palm top computer, PDA and smart phone. It has such facilities as GPS, wireless networking, a card reader and Bluetooth interface. It incorporates the functionalities of multimedia using with Microsoft Windows interface. iPaq operates on an Intel Pentium III processor or an Intel Celeron processor. Its processing speed ranges between 500 MHz to as much as 1 GHz. It has a memory ranging between 128 MB to 512 MB. Its memory can be upgraded. Initially developed by Digital Equipment Corporation Western Research Laboratory (WRL), iPAQ is now marketed under the HP brand by Hewlett Packard after it acquired Compaq.

PDAs evolved from its earlier humble Personal Information Manager applications such as a notebook, diary, some games, address and phone book, common reference material and handwriting recognition software to incorporate such programs including as To-do list, Diary/scheduler, Drawing application, Notepad, Calculator, Finance software, Alarms, Organizer, File manager, World time, Data synchronization, Voice recorder and Printer connection. Emailing and web browsing were added with the emergence of wireless connections. Spell checker, Word processor, Excel, PowerPoint, Spreadsheet and Custom dictionary are other programs. Addition of Global Positioning System (GPS) made tracking of movement, customized maps and directions, and organizing detailed travel plans became possible. Route maps could be charted with the Route Planner application of Palmtop Software.

Some of the top handheld PDA gadgets are HP iPAQ 111 Classic Handheld, Palm TX Handheld, Palm Tungsten E2 Handheld, Nokia N810 Portable Internet Tablet, HP iPAQ 210 Enterprise Handheld, HP iPAQ HX4705, HP iPAQ HX4705 pocket, Asus A626 3.5-inch PDA Windows Mobile 6.0, HP iPAQ HW6515, HP iPAQ HW6900 Mobile Messenger, Dell Axim X51v, HP iPAQ H6315, HP iPAQ 2215 Pocket PC, Palm Tungsten E2, HTC Advantage X7501, RIM BlackBerry Curve (8300), Palm Treo 755p, Apple iPhone, Nokia 02700T6 N810 WiMAX Edition Portable Internet Tablet, and Sony Ericsson C905i Unlocked Cell Phone and many more.

The PDA application now covers many day to day activities of and is spreading out to even more areas of life and work. It covers such activities as shopping, mobile banking, specialized Internet services as stock quotes, weather, foreign exchange rates, maps and sports scores. The PDA is doubles up as an e-book reader, a mobile web browser, a photo wallet and an alarm clock along many others. With rapid convergence of technologies and programs, PDAs is becoming smaller, compact and handy.

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