What is PDA

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A Personal Digital Assistant is a handheld mobile device sometimes known as a Palm, can be used a phone or minicomputer. Using either a touchscreen or stylus, users enter data on office software such as address books, email, or schedule planners. Learn more in: Mobile 2.0 and Mobile Language Learning

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Personal Digital Assistant, such as a Palm Pilot, that allows easy computerized, handheld access to contacts, calendars, and e-mail. Learn more in: Does the Digital Divide Extend to Minority- and Women-Owned Small Businesses?

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A personal digital assistant (PDA), also known as a palmtop computer, or personal data assistant is a mobile device that functions as a personal information manager. PDAs were discontinued in early 2010s after the widespread adoption of smartphones. Learn more in: Assistive Technologies for People with Dementia

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Personal digital assistants are handheld computers that were originally designed as personal organizers but have quickly developed into full-functioning portable computers. They are characterized by a touch screen for data entry, a memory card slot, and various types of wireless connectivity for data backup and sharing. Learn more in: Anywhere Anytime Learning with Wireless Mobile Devices

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“Personal Digital Assistant,” a small electronic device that functions like a notepad. Learn more in: Critical Issues in Content Repurposing for Small Devices

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Personal digital assistant, an electronic device which can include some of the functionality of a computer, a cell phone, a music player and a camera. Learn more in: Computer Mediated Collaboration

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Personal digital assistants; handheld computing devices used for managing personal information and entertainment (e.g., playing games). Learn more in: Ubiquitous Computing: A Taxonomy of Architectural Quality Attributes for Handheld Multimedia Devices

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personal digital assistant, in this text also “handheld device” Learn more in: Personalized Active Cultural Heritage: The PEACH Experience

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Personal digital assistant. The original handheld device designed expressly for supporting personal data management on the go. PDAs typically have touch sensitive screens and are operated with a stylus. Recent models may also include a miniaturized Qwerty keyboard for text entry. Learn more in: Understanding One-Handed Use of Mobile Devices

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Personal digital assistant (a handheld computer such as a Palm Pilot or an XDA). Learn more in: Cognitive Approaches to Understanding the Challenge of Learning by Means of Computers and Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs)

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Personal digital assistant. PDA is a handheld device that combines computing, telephone/fax, Internet, and networking features. Learn more in: Mobile Geographic Information Services

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The PDA or personal digital assistant is a type of handheld computer. Learn more in: Just-in-Time Training (JITT) and its Implications for Teaching and Learning

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Portable digital assistants, such as the pocket-PC, are electronic, wireless hand-held devices function as a cell phone, a computer (can access e-mail and the Internet), a camera, a digital audio recorder, and can play music. Learn more in: The Role of Lifelong Learning in the Creation of a European Knowledge-Based Society

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(Personal Digital Assistant): A portable computing device for organizing personal data such as telephone numbers, appointments, and notes. It technology device is capable of transmitting and receiving data when equipped with a wireless module. Learn more in: Web-Based Course Management Systems (WCMS) Acceptance with College Students in Estonia

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The personal digital assistant (PDA) is a hand-held computing device with a number of functions including palm-top Internet access. Though commercially used as a personal assistant, it is being used by development personnel working in the field to record data electronically and often also to transmit field information electronically to a remote server. Learn more in: Broadband for Health in Developing Countries

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Personal digital Assistant also known as a handheld PC, or personal data assistant, is a mobile device that functions as a personal information manager. Most PDAs can access the Internet, intranets or extranets via Wi-Fi or Wireless Wide Area Networks. Learn more in: Application of Intelligent Agents in Mobile Shopping

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Personal Digital Assistant is a mobile device, also known as a palmtop computer. An important function of PDAs is synchronizing data with a computer system. Today the vast majority of all PDAs are smartphones. Learn more in: Dynamic Ambient Networks with Middleware

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Personal digital assistant, a forerunner of today's Smartphones. Learn more in: Exploring the Use of Mobile Devices to Support Teacher Education

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PDA is a small, relatively inexpensive, handheld device that serves as an organizer for personal information. PDA generally includes electronic schedule, contact list, to-do list, note taker, handwriting recognition capabilities, and other productivity tools. Learn more in: Teaching and Learning with Personal Digital Assistants

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Personal digital assistant, an electronic device which can include some of the functionality of a computer, a cell phone, a music player and a camera. Learn more in: Computer Mediated Collaboration

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Personal digital assistant. A handheld computing device that is characterized by a touch screen, a memory card slot and Infrared, Wi-Fi, and/or Bluetooth for connectivity. Data can be synchronized between PDAs and desktop or laptop computers. Learn more in: Anywhere, Anytime Learning Using Highly Mobile Devices

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This stands for Personal Digital Assistant. A PDA is a small digital device that is used to store information such as phone numbers, addresses, schedules, calendars, and so forth. A PDA may also be referred to as a handheld device or as a Palm. The Palm Pilot was one of the original PDA’s and is now joined by others such as Palm Tungsten, HP IPaq, Palm Zire, and the Toshiba Pocket PC. Learn more in: Unified KS-Code

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This stands for Personal Digital Assistance. This is a light weight, hand held computer, having typically a touch sensitive screen rather than a keyboard. These are generally used for storing information such as addresses and schedules. Many of them include: hand writing recognition software, some support voice recognition, some have internal cell phone and modem connection to link other computer or networks. Learn more in: Modernization of Healthcare and Medical Diagnosis System Using Multi Agent System (MAS): A Comparative Study