Palm Computing Upclose and personal

Introduction:

Picture of this, it's 12: 15 pm and stop at Joe snack shop for a quick bite to eat.While enjoying this great sandwich, you wonder if you have time to stop that prospects for Office before you head back to the Office for your weekly meeting staff. Unfortunately you can't remember if the meeting begins at 1: 30 or 2: 30.

You consider yourself, "I open my laptop and check my calendar, but you quickly remember the car, and it's pouring down rain, do you think," there must be a better way. "If you look around Joe snack shop disappointed you don't bring your laptop with you, you notice that some young hot shot just pulled something from his pocket shirt that looks like a pocket calculator. You gather the courage to walk with him and you ask, "what is that thing?"Without looking up, he said, "this Palm, dude, where have you been?I just check my schedule for the afternoon. "

Palm, Palm? what is Only Palm trees that you are familiar with are those attached to your hands as you walk back to your car using your notebook is still asking: what is a Palm, whatever that is,? and how do I get my hands on one?

Just like a laptop computer free d world of desktop and Office, a new breakthrough in technologies such as personal digital assistant, so often referred to as a PDA (or Palm or Pocket) is a revolutionary way of mobile computing.

What is a PDA?

Official name: personal digital assistant

Nick name: Palm Pilot, PDAS, portable

Define: Wonderful, tiny, a fully functional portable device, such as computer. her beauty is just about the size of the calculator, is small enough to hold in the Palm of one hand Unlike paper-based Organizer or Planner pocket computer can also be downloaded via e-mail and playing music.

History of the PDA
One of the first PDA will be commercially available actually was developed by Apple Computer 's.He was named by Newton in the message pane. Nevertheless, Newton proved to be too big, too complex and expensive. Furthermore the handwriting was poor: a small number of other companies tried to make CPC with little success.

It was not until the 1990s that the idea to make a small pocket computer for storing addresses and phone numbers, notes, and keep track of daily appointment really blossom.

In 1996, the original Palm Pilot was introduced and it was a big hit with consumers.It was a small and light enough to fit in a shirt pocket, ran a week at the AAA was easy to use and can store thousands of contacts, appointments and notes. more importantly is available today, you can buy a Palm device from major manufacturers such as hardware: Palm, Inc.

Although originally a simple digital calendars, PDAs were transformed into state machines crunching numbers, play games or music and download information from the Internet.All have one thing in common: they are designed to supplement a desktop or laptop computer, do not replace one.

How to make the PPC work?

Equipment-Palm devices

PDAs are divided into two main types: computers, Palm and Pocket PCs. main differences between the two, size, display and data-entry mode.

Palm computers are smaller and lighter, they are less liquid crystal display (LCD) and rely on stylus (touch screen) technology and handwriting recognition programs for data entry.

Compared with the Palm of your hand computers, laptop computers are usually larger and heavier. they have more liquid crystal display (LCD) and typically use a miniature keyboard, combined with touch screen for data input.

Software-OS
Operating system contains coded instructions that tell a microprocessor, what operating systems used on handheld computers, not as complex as those used in the PC, and typically have fewer instructions and take up less memory for the operating system Palm fit in less than 100 K of memory, which is less than 1% of the size of Windows 98 or Mac OS.

CPC usually have one of two types of Palm OS (3Com) or PPC (formerly called Microsoft Windows CE) at the current Palm OS dominates the market but PocketPC is challenging. Palm OS takes less memory and works faster and most users say easier to use.

PocketPC easily supports displaying colors, graphics, miniature packages for Windows (Word, Excel) and other devices (for example, the built-in MP3 players or MPEG movie player) takes more memory and PocketPC uses more battery power, some owners said that much more difficult.

Software-programs
All Pocket PCs come with any software management (PIM) personal information for the following tasks:

store contact information (names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses) are doing a task or note list, write notes, keep track of appointments (date book, calendar) recall appointments (clock, an alarm clock function) plan projects you keep track of cost calculations

However, not all of these features are included in each package, so this check before you buy. Also make sure your computer has the same software so that you can easily exchange information between PDA and PC. Sometimes PC PIM software included with the software.