Pdas

[vanhelsing]

Did anybody have or still use a Personal Didgital Assistant? These were basically hand held computers packed with numerous applications and more could be downloaded from the internet. The main players were Psion (orinally a software house), Palm and Ipaq. Unfortunately these can only be gotten hold of in second hand shops or over the internet.

[Richard1978]

I remember Psion palm tops being all the rage when I was at college. This was when PC laptops were bulky & £1000+. One of the tutors at college had one & could often be seen tranferring files onto a desktop PC.

My bother got a basic PDA from his then girlfriend's parents for his 21st birthday. He didn't use it much because it got through non-rechargable batteries very fast.

[Sculpher]

My PDA history....

Amstrad PenPad (PDA600)
PSION II
Psion3
Psion 3C
Psion 5
Psion 5MX
iPAQ 3970
iPAQ 5555
iPAQ 4700 (x2)
iPAQ 4705 (x2)
iPod Touch (I'm on my 3rd)

[sixtyten]

Is the iPad classed as a PDA?

[Jacqueline]

I recall all the staff at one school I taught at being given PDA's to use for admin, registering purposes etc. They didn't last long. They caused more problems than they were useful.

[Sculpher]

Is the iPad classed as a PDA?I'd say so. The lines of definition have been blurred - but it fulfills most of the 'classic' criteria (see here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_digital_assistant))