The first PDA called “CASIO PF-3000″ was launched in 1983 by GO Corp. The term of PDA was first known on January 7, 1992 by Apple Computer CEO John Sculley at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, according to the Apple Newton. Sometimes PDA is also known as “Palms”, “Palm Pilot”, or “Palm Tops”.
PDA (personal digital assistant) is a term for any small mobile hand-held device which provides both computing and information storage together with retrieval capabilities for personal and business use. It is often used for keeping schedule calendars and address book information handy. The term handheld is a synonym. Many people use the name of one of the popular PDA products as a generic term.
These include Hewlett-Packard’s Palmtop and 3Com’s PalmPilot.
Most PDAs have a small keyboard. Some PDAs have an electronically sensitive pad on which handwriting can be received. Apple’s Newton, which has been withdrawn from the market, was the first widely-sold PDA that allowed handwriting. Typical uses include schedule and address book storage and retrieval and note-entering. However, many applications have been written for PDAs. Increasingly, PDAs are combined with telephones and paging systems.
Some PDAs provide the variety of the Microsoft Windows operating system called Window CE, in vice-versa, other products have their own or another operating system.
Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) have prevalence over ordinary diaries and are believed to be the ‘electronic filofax’. They can be backed up which is used in personal and professional organization, integrated with mobile phones for email and Internet access, image storage, logbook functions and audit which are limited if use desktop functions. This article aims to emphasize both advantages and disadvantages of PDAs for beginning use and provides some guidance to those who are hesitating to buy PDA.
