The Life-Changing PDAs in the Market
November 17th, 2011 | Author: admin
The PDA originated in United Kingdom with Psion in 1984. This launched the defining of a new genre in handheld computer. Soon companies such as Palm Computing and Apple joined launching their versions. Palm Pilot became the most well known PDA in the later part of 1990s. Games, word processors, web browsing and graphics were incorporated.
Earlier, PDAs had the Personal Information Manager applications typically including diary, a notebook, address and phone book, some games, handwriting recognition software and common reference material. Further there were such programs as Diary/scheduler, To-do list, Notepad, Drawing application, Finance software, Calculator, Organizer, Alarms, World time, File manager, Voice recorder, Data synchronization and Printer connection. The Email and web browser were added with wireless connections. Other programs included were Word processor, Spell checker, Custom dictionary and Spreadsheet. Incorporation of Global Positioning System (GPS) allowed customized maps and directions, tracking of movement and planning of trips whether traveling by air, sea or land irrespective of the mode of transport. The Route Planner application of Palmtop Software allowed the detailing of journey such as the starting and destination points. Or a simple pointing and clicking on a map along with places to be visited or avoided was enough to produce an accurate route map. The route map and travel plan was ready with a few flicks of your fingers. Popular Microsoft applications as PowerPoint, Excel and Word joined the array of functions.
The PDAs available in the market included HP iPAQ hw6515, HP iPAQ hw6900 Mobile Messenger, Palm TX, HP iPAQ h6315, Dell Axim X51v, Palm Tungsten E2, HP iPAQ Pocket PC 2215, RIM BlackBerry Curve (8300), HTC Advantage X7501, Apple iPhone, Palm Treo 755p and many more.
The PDA application soon spread to other areas of life including shopping, mobile banking, and specialized Internet services as stock quotes, foreign exchange rates, weather, sports scores and maps. The PDA became an e-book reader, a photo wallet, a mobile web browser and an alarm clock besides many others. Convergence of technologies and programs has made PDAs smaller, compact and versatile encompassing almost all aspects of living.
People are already living comfortable and trouble-free lives because of technology. These devices made man achieve more in life.
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