Now that you Own One: PDA and Smartphone Accessories

Abstract

Your personal digital assistant (PDA)/smartphone device is likely the central location for maintaining your list of contacts, both personal and professional, as well as your calendar. You may also keep a running to-do or task list on your device at all times. These personal information management uses are arguably the primary contributors to the growth of the PDA market that we observed in the late 1990s. Much has changed since then, both internally in the PDA market and externally in how we use these devices in our personal and professional lives. If you are new to these devices, you are probably discovering new features, uses, applications, and accessories each week. Readers who adopted portable technology years ago have likely integrated these devices into their lives and rely on them to support many aspects of their daily routine. We fall into the latter category and are devoting this installment to a discussion of features, applications, and accessories that we believe are indispensable to supporting both professional and personal portable computing.