1. Personal Digital Assistants: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow Presented by Nael El Shawwa John El-Raheb Group #8 Audience C

2. 2 Outline What is a PDA? Evolution of the PDA Current Applications Comparison Chart Future Possibilities

3. 3 What is a PDA? Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) Digital organizer Functional – Synchronize data with computer Portability

4. 4 Evolution Pen & Paper The Husky - 1980 - 2 Kg Tandy 100 - 1985 - First battery powered

5. 5 The Husky

6. 6 Operating Systems Palm OS – 85% sales in Canada – 87.2% sales in U.S Psion/EPOC Microsoft Pocket PC

7. 7 Memory Computer hard drive = PDA RAM Memory expansion – Secure Digital Cards (SD) – MultiMedia Card (MMC) – Compact Flash (CF)

8. 8 Add-ons Foldable keyboard Modem Ethernet WiFi

9. 9 Data Entry Stylus Pen On-screen keyboard External keyboard

10. 10 Current Applications Standard Applications: - Datebook - Phonebook - Memos Other Applications - Medical - Business - Students More Applications - Internet - Games - Music - Video Clips

11. 11 Software Development C C++ Palm Resource Format – Windows – Unix/Linux

12. 12 Comparison PalmHPToshiba Tungsten T3iPaq H2210E750 $599.99$549.99$649.99 64 MB SD PalmOS 5.2.1 Yes PocketPC 2003 Yes PocketPC 2003 400MHz 300MHz

13. 13 Comparison (cont.) SonyPalmHP PEG TJ25 ClieTungsten EiPaq H1935 $269.99$299.99 16 MB32 MB64 MB Memory StickSD/MMCYes N/APalmOS 5.2.1PocketPC 2003 200 MHz126 MHz203 MHz

14. 14 Future Possibilities Data input - Voice Recognition Language Translator Smaller, lighter, faster More integration in Human life

15. 15 References Pachter, Richard “History of Hand-held Computers Told with Energy” The Miami Herald p.12, 11 March 2002; available from http://www.lexis-nexis.com; accessed 17 November 2003. http://www.palm.com Reports by Nael El Shawwa & John El-Raheb Reports and this presentation available on the Internet at http://elshawn.tripod.com