| Hence came in PDAs or Personal Digital Assistants | | | | market, the rising demand in the market for new |
| who have built their reputation on their ability to | | | | features and faster processing has been a challenge |
| accommodate a huge array of functionalities. A PDA | | | | for scientists and engineers. The technology has been |
| can be used as a calculator, clock, calendar, for | | | | sprinting at break neck speeds moving from strength |
| accessing internet, sending / receiving messages, | | | | to strength making phones much cheaper in the |
| pictures, videos & emails, typing, word processing, | | | | market as well. PDA phones have now become a |
| playing games, video recording, making documents and | | | | mass consumed item in the market. |
| spread sheets and taking advantage of GPS etc. | | | | Since the day when the first ever call was made and |
| Almost everything that your desktop computer is | | | | received, the mobile phone have constantly evolved |
| capable of handling, but with much greater mobility is | | | | with new technology, repackaging itself with more and |
| the motto of smartphones. | | | | more features. Phones (personal digital assistant) are |
| PDA phones have now become a staple for every | | | | very personal feature rich mobile phones. They have |
| super busy individual/ professional in the market with | | | | the features of mobile phones as well as a computer, |
| people who can afford one buying one. | | | | a very deadly combination. Apple was the first |
| The new generation PDA phones are the ones called | | | | company that had introduced PDA phones in the |
| smart phones which come with many more functions | | | | market. |
| and capabilities than what their predecessors could | | | | PDA's or Personal Digital Assistants are hand held |
| ever think of. There are more than 150 million units of | | | | devices that act as computers but are much smaller |
| smartphones sold every year and the figure is rising | | | | and lighter than a personal computer. The PDA's were |
| every year. The new PDA phones or smartphones | | | | originally designed as Personal organisers and over a |
| are selling like hot cakes in the market with every | | | | period of time have been endowed with many more |
| individual wanting one. | | | | hi-end features. And now the end result is in front of |
| With the increasing features of the phones in the | | | | your eyes. |