PDA

PDA – A short form of Personal Digital Assistant and we also know it as Hand-held computer. PDA’s have now become so popular and are being used by so many people around the world. We have so many models available in market and they can be used for your day to day computing requirements, such as you can install and operate a number of programs in it like spreadsheet, word, internet access, and desktop publishing application.
PDAs come with same interface and operating systems as many computer desktops comes.
Palm Pilot is the best known brand of PDA, there are also versions made by HP/Compaq and Dell which run the Windows operating system, and also integrate seamlessly into PC based desktop computers.
PDAs can be directly attached to your computer to transfer the files. Most PDAs now comes with peripheral attachment feature which can be used to access wireless internet and keyboard functions.
There are a number of PDA manufacturers around, not least of which is HP Compaq. They offer the Compaq IPAQ which is one of the worlds most revolutionary PDA handheld computers. Offering full word processing and spreadsheet functionality, the Compaq IPAQ also offers email management, diary management, voice recording, hand recognition software, wireless based Internet connectivity and image management capabilities.
Before you buy and PDA you should always collect some information about it from various sources on internet and read reviews on handheld devices. Tiger Direct offers reviews, ratings and detailed information to help in your purchasing decisions.
Online forums offer insights from existing users about all sorts of computer related issues and the perception of peripheral items like the PDA is no exception.
You can read about peoples experiences with particular brands and read comments about things that might have gone wrong and how they were (if they were) resolved.
PDAs can be purchased from internet and it is good also because you will have the option to compare different models and brand with each other.