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Wednesday 2 January 2013

Incredible importance of Handheld Computers or Personal Digital Assistant

By Vincent Hudson


When use of computers increases in day to day life, you should create the flexibility of usage and better accessibility of these devices. When PC evolved, increasing numbers of people started using computers, then, to increase mobility Laptop or computer notebooks arrived in market. Still, they are not that easy to carry or use at all places; handheld computers are those devices which are small enough and can be held in hands and provides all the functionality of a computer. Handheld computers are popularly known as Personal Digital Assistant (PDA).

PDA is certainly a useful device as per functionality and really convenient to carry. But it surely cannot replace computer notebooks because of its small keyboard and screen. Currently, efforts are going on to resolve these complaints by providing touch screen and by replacing keyboard with stylus which can act as a writing pen.

Handheld computers can be used by business executives many different functions, like Blackberry provides access to their mail system while they are still from the office. The unit can be used to access internet, send mails, transferring and carrying files, internet fax, and storing data and thus on. All Hand held computers come with memory card slots that may store multiple Gigabits of data and gives the functionality of a hard disk. It is utilized as mobile phones so people might be connected with oneself.

The many functions of PDA include smart computer, mobile telephony, media recorder, media player, communication and personal navigation. When the first hand held computer was designed, it was mainly used as Private Information Manager which functions as calendar, address book, calculator etc. However later it was integrated with mobile telephony and Main system like Windows also specifically made for this. Internet websites are designed to be displayed on these devices and currently it really is used even for cash transactions.

Almost all of original PDAs like Apple Newton and Palm Pilot used touch screen for user interaction and possess only few buttons. Touch screen Handheld Computer utilizes a detachable device called stylus for the working with screen. Stylus is used to touch the screen to activate buttons and menus as per user requirement. User input can be done via different ways, such as virtual keyboard can be accessed by tapping on screen with stylus, external keyboard which happens to be attached through USB port letter or stroke recognition, which can be programmed for people.

Memory cards are utilized as storage devices. These are generally used as nonvolatile permanent memory. Initially available in few MB however now available in multiple GB; this is in addition to the permanent flash memory which can be inbuilt.

Wired connectivity is commonly employed with USB port to non-public computer for accessing information in PDA or PCs. This connectivity is required to transfer data and updating information. Wireless connectivity is utilized with infra-red or Bluetooth technologies. Speed of wired connectivity is more than limited speed of wireless connectivity.

Special software is used to configure and manage data inside PDA, which can be synchronized once related to personal computer or laptop. This typically is used to synchronize calendar, contacts and mails. So today, PDAs turned out to be fully equipped computer systems which were started as personal organizers.




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