PDA

PDA stands for Personal Digital Assistant and is a handheld computer. Many PDA’s now operate via touch screen technology and provide many services to the users. Services provided include internet access via Wi-Fi or Wireless Wide-Area Networks (WWANs) as well as acting as portable media players and in some cases mobile phones.

Nowadays PDA’s come with memory card slots enabling the user to expand the memory to a suitable size for them. The connectivity is either provided by IrDa, Bluetooth or Wi-Fi; sometimes the PDA is built with more than one of these methods of connectivity.

The PDA can also be used to store contacts in the address book tool, act as an appointment calendar, provide users with a to-do list and act as an email tool. The handheld computers often come with programs that enable the user to make notes and write articles as an ordinary laptop or computer would.

A PDA can be synchronized with a computer or laptop enabling the user to access the same, up-to-date data that they would be able to if they were sat at the host computer. The user will be able to access their emails, any new appointments, an up-to-date list of contacts and much much more.

There are many types of PDA including; BlackBerry, iPhone, iPod Touch, PocketMail and HP iPAQ.





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