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1. Personal Digital Assistant

2. Naima Saeed Mohamed

3. What is personal digital assistant?
Features
Why ?
Purpose of the PDA
Expansion card is used for
Do’s and Don’ts
PDA: Way of Functioning
PDA Power
Standard Applications
Operating System
Memory
Summary

4. PDA is powerful
handheld mobile device
without a sim card, but
with a screen that reads
the words written on it
with a pen .

5. Hand-held computer
Store, access, and
organize information
Windows-based (Pocket
PC)
Palm operating system
(Palm PDA)
PDAs can be screen-based
or keyboard-based

6. Screen resolution = (160x160, 320x240 pixels, more on
new models.
Prices range from ~ $125 - $1000
OS includes Calendar (Date Book), Address Book, To-Do
List, Memo Pad & Calculator functions.
Palm Pilot 1st really successful model.
Gray Scale/Color.
Memory (0.5, 1, 2, 8, 16, 64 MB).
Programmable buttons
Expansion - Memory/Accessories

7. Small, convenient, easy
to use, easy to update
and edit (using graffiti or
a built-in keyboard).
More convenient than a
“Day-Timer” Notebook.
Internet Connection
via Modem, Wireless or
PC Conduit

8. keep track of your schedule
business and personal
contacts
memos
budgets
create digital photo albums
play games
listen to music
use reference software
read eBooks

9. Memory/Backup Modules
Digital Camera
GPS
Cell Phone
FAX
Modem
Games
storing songs and listening to music
viewing and storing photos (compatible
expansion card required) and copying
photos to handheld
backing up and copying important
information
adding games and other software
adding accessories, such as presentation
module

10. DO’S
use protective cover
use only supplied power
adapter
keep battery charged
keep screen free from dust
DON’TS
do not drop or drag
handheld
do not expose handheld to
very hot or cold
temperatures

11. Simultaneously data
entering and data
coding
Possibility to enter data
in two ways: with
selection from the
offered list of answers
(or from classification
in hierarchical order ) or
with typing a text

12. Calendar (Datebook)
Address Book
To-Do List
Memo Notepad (4k
limit)
Expenses
Calculator
City Time
Games and so on……..

13. Palm OS - 3.x, 4.x, 5.x -
Works well and efficiently
with small handheld devices.
Pocket PC Windows CE -
Resource and power hungry.
Embedded LINUX OS -
Unix operating system

14. Permanent rechargeable
batteries
Removable rechargeable
batteries
Length of service varies on
the PDA
Recharge time may also
vary depending on the
battery
You can use the PDA while
the battery is recharging

15. Typically 2MB to 64MB of built-in
memory
Two MB of memory is generally
sufficient to fill address books,
maintain an active calendar, take
notes, and load useful programs
More memory may be needed to
store large files like digital photos,
databases, or large software
programs
You can expand memory of some
PDAs with small storage cards that
can be inserted into the PDA

16. • PDA stands for Personal Digital Assistant.
• A personal digital assistant (PDA) is a handheld computer, also known as small or
palmtop computers.
• PDAs can be screen-based or keyboard-based
• Small, convenient, easy to use, easy to update and edit.
• Typically 2MB to 64MB of built-in memory.
• Prices range from ~ $125 - $1000.
FAX,Modem,Games.
You can use the PDA while the battery is recharging