The future's in your handheld.

Personal digital assistants (PDAs) represent the future of computing as they offer the chance of being always connected and updated. Screens for PDAs are getting better, battery life is being refined, and handwriting recognition is becoming better. Some drawbacks are that at the moment, wireless co...

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Publicado en:Far Eastern Economic Review Vol. 164; no. 48; pp. 53 - 54
Autor principal: Wagstaff, Jeremy
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Review Publishing Company Ltd. December 6 2001
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