| The biggest challenge for PDAs - get them connected (cheaply, reliably
and simply) to Enterprise systems. They need to extend their PIM
functionality to Enterprise Information Management (EIM). Of course at
the cost of PDAs (compared to PCs Pocket or otherwise) they still make
bloody good sense - see:
http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/systems_management/technology/P
IT20000504S0052?printDoc=1 or
http://www.foxnews.com/vtech/032800/pda.sml) |
| My thanks to all those who voted. What all this means I dont know. The big
question, of course, is whether the 8DAs and PDAs are being judged on different
criteria. Whats the essential difference between them? Why do the PDAs do so
much better? |
| The PDA voting continues to fluctuate. The 8DA line seems to have managed
reader loyalty, but if these votes reflect purchasing patterns then it seems
that people are picking and choosing from the PDAs that take their fancy. The
Witch Hunters seems to have been widely fancied... |
| I have been working with middle school teachers for the past year to
incorporate the use of PDAs in the classroom. We have had some success, but I
are interested in finding out what other teachers are doing with PDAs. To
assist in finding out this type of information, I have created an online
survey as the bases for the research. |
| But I think were all missing something here - for me (as an executive
in a large multinational) the single biggest drawback of PDAs is the
inherent risk with using them enmasse within an Enterprise (see:
http://www.gigaweb.com/Content/Adhoc/RAH-072000-00015.html). |
