A PDA is also known as a Personal Digital Recorder, these are handheld instruments that are designed as personal organizers with many special features, they are now used as calculators, calendars, clocks, address books, you can use the Internet, play video games, it can be used as a radio and you can record videos. There is even GPS. The Personal Digital Recorder has color screens and great audio abilities. Some of the newer PDA’s have Wi-Fi and Bluetooth capabilities. The best feature about a PDA is the touch screen.

One of the first personal digital recorders was the Palm Pilot, at the time when they first came out, they had touch screens but they only had a few buttons and were really only used as phone books and calendars. The newer PDA’s also have texting abilities. In this day and age with many more people using the personal digital assistant for business such PDA’s as the Blackberry and the Treo are becoming more and more popular. These models have a full keyboard and scroll wheels or thumb wheels for easy navigation. The Blackberry also has additional functions such as pushed based email and other applications.

All PDA’s have memory cards, this is used to hold your information and it can now see such programs as Wi-Fi and Webcams to be used in the same slot as where the card goes. Most PDA’s also have an Infrared port for connectivity, this is so your PDA can communicate with another or it can communication with another computer. Personal Digital Assistant are a must have for anyone who leads a busy life and needs to be organized.