Handheld computers have been on the market for a couple of decades. One of the first attempts at a handheld computer was the Apple Newton which didn’t take off commercially but had many features that today’s Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) use extensively. Many attempts at a commercially viable PDA have been attempted over the years but never really appealed to a mass market until the introduction of the Palm Pilot during the mid 90’s. This device wrapped in a light weight shell offered small size and a lower price tag. Soon many business people were organizing their lives with this simple device. The primary functionality, that of a glorified personal planner, has not changed much since its introduction but many developers have created ingenious software and games to enable it to do so much more. It is built on a platform with a less than powerful processor and exceeds little more than 8 megabytes of memory.
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