PDAs

=PDAs= __History__ PDAs or personal digital assistant are small pocket size computers. Their also known as palmtop computers. The first PDA, the Casio pf-3000 came out in may of 1983. The term PDA was use by apple computer CEO John Sculley on January 7th 1992 at the consumer electronics store in Las Vegas Nevada when talking about apples PDA the Newton.Since then phone capability have been integrated in the latest PDAs. Their now being referred to as smart phones. Black berry, Apples iphone, and Nokia's n series are the group that makes up the smart phone group. Nokia was the first to add the phone aspect to the PDA in the 9000 communicator in 1996. Today's smart phones have sole over 150 million units __Features__ Typical features these days are touch screen, automobile navigation, and synchronization. Some PDAs these days offer a navigation feature in the device but not all the new PDAs have this application. Some offer the navigation for free and some their is a fee paid to have the feature. Synchronization is handy is your in business because you can syn your PDA to your PC at home or work and have everything that you would need to hep you through your work day. Touch screens are now part of some PDAs. Now you don't have to fiddle around with small keyboards and unknown mistakes.

PDAs are capable of connecting to the internet using wifi, IrDA, or Bluetooth. IrDA (infrared) is typically used on the older PDA models and their few who still use this technology today. Wifi is typically used in most models now but some can connect straight to the internet without connecting through a wireless network. Of course you have to pay for this feature. Bluetooth is used for connecting other devices to your PDAs like wireless keyboards, gps and headsets.

PDAs have made steady improvements without damaging its quality and main use and has added some nice additions. The term it self is almost dead but the idea is is just s big as it was when they first came out.