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PDAs

Personal Digital Assistants, or PDAs, are handheld computing devices which can also be used for reading ebooks or digital content. Software packages are available to allow users of these handheld computers to read content such as books, short stories and magazine articles on their PDA screens. Below are some of the major PDAs and links to PDA resources.

See Also:
Ebook Devices
Ebook Reader Software

PDAs

Handspring
Handspring develops, manufactures and markets the Visor line of handheld computers. Founded in 1998 by the creators of the Palm Computing platform, Handspring developed the Springboard platform, which allows for easy hardware and software expansion. Visors utilize the Palm OS operating system. USB synchronization with your PC allows you to keep your information up to date.

Palm Pilot
: Palm, Inc., a 3Com company, is a provider of handheld information management solutions, including the popular Palm III, Palm V and Palm VII series of connected organizers. Palm handhelds use the Palm OS operating system. More than 5,000 Palm OS-compatible software applications are available so far.

Pocket PC
The Pocket PCs are Windows-powered handheld computers capable of reading email, surfing the Web, listening to music and using Microsoft products including Word and Microsoft Reader. Microsoft developed the software; Pocket PC devices are manufactured by companies, including Casio, Compaq, Hewlett Packard and Symbol.

Other PDA Manufacturers

Clio
Compaq Handhelds
HP Jornado PC Companions
Psion Revo
Sharp Mobilon
TRGpro

PDA Resources

Amazon.com PDAs
Epinions PDA Reviews
Handango
HowToWeb Computer Center PDAs
PDA Buyers Guide
PDA Street
PocketPC Life
PocketPC Magazine
PocketPC Now
PortableLife.com
ShoppersShop.com: Computers & Software
Visor Village

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Publishing for PDAs

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