Re: A PDA in every pocket?

["Dana Worley" <dana -at- campbellsci -dot- com>]

I answered the PDA thing yesterday on a different list :)

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> I have long found this whole PDA thing fundamentally confusing. What is
> the point of a PDA? 

There isn't one.

> What do you do with a PDA? 

Nothing.

> Why would I want a PDA? 

You wouldn't.

:)

Seriously... My PDA has replaced the "day-timer" that I used to carry around with me. 
(It didn't get much use either ;) The PDA has a calendar, so I put in appointments 
and birthdays. I've also transferred over all the addresses from my paper planner to 
the PDA. It has a calculator program, so I no longer lug around a separate calculator. 
If I travel for business, I will use the expense program to log my expenses. I will 
occasionally jot a note in the Notepad application.  

The Zire also has a camera (which I never use) and I could load games on it (which I 
never have) and ebooks (what? read on a PDA?), and I guess I could use it to 
"organize" my life, but then that would be way to anal, even for me ;)  

Oh, and I also use it to test our datalogger PDA software.  

So really, it does nothing more for me than my page per day Day-timer, though I 
doubt I use it to its "full potential".  

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And... regarding cell phones... I think it is prudent for *everyone* to have one for 
emergencies, regardless of whether they are needed for work. They are 
indispensible if you find yourself stranded on a highway or in some other emergency 
situation. I road bike a lot, and I always carry mine if I am riding by myself. Hopefully, 
if I found myself in a ditch, I could drag myself out and call for help (or, if I reach the 
point of fatigue where I'm ready to toss my bike in the ditch and hitch-hike home ;) I 
also use my cell phone to make my long distance calls -- free of charge. Oh, and if 
you lose your husband in the store, you can call him and figure out where he is :)

Dana W. 

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