Personal Digital Assistant

Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) are handheld computers that were originally designed as personal organizers[?], but became much more versatile over the years. A basic PDA usually includes a clock, date book, address book, task list, memo pad and a simple calculator. One major advantage of using PDAs is their ability to synchronize data with desktop, notebook and desknote computers.

The term personal digital assistant was coined on 7 January 1992 by John Sculley at the Consumer Electronics Show[?] in Las Vegas, Nevada, referring to the Apple Newton.

The currently major PDA operating systems are: Linux, Palm's Palm OS, Pocket PC from Microsoft, and Symbian OS (formerly EPOC)

Some examples of PDAs:

Apple Newton
Casio Cassiopeia[?]
Handspring Visor
hp iPAQ Pocket PC (Originally Compaq iPAQ until HP merger in 2002)
Palm Pilot
Sharp Wizard[?] and Zaurus
Xircom[?] REX 5000 and REX 6000

		Personal Digital Assistant
		Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) are handheld computers that were originally designed as personal organizers[?], but became much more versatile over the years. A basic PDA usually includes a clock, date book, address book, task list, memo pad and a simple calculator. One major advantage of using PDAs is their ability to synchronize data with desktop, notebook and desknote computers. The term personal digital assistant was coined on 7 January 1992 by John Sculley at the Consumer Electronics Show[?] in Las Vegas, Nevada, referring to the Apple Newton. The currently major PDA operating systems are: Linux, Palm's Palm OS, Pocket PC from Microsoft, and Symbian OS (formerly EPOC) Some examples of PDAs: Apple Newton Casio Cassiopeia[?] Handspring Visor hp iPAQ Pocket PC (Originally Compaq iPAQ until HP merger in 2002) Palm Pilot Sharp Wizard[?] and Zaurus Xircom[?] REX 5000 and REX 6000 See also: personal area network, ebook, telephone, wearable computer , laptop, sub-notebook
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