Jeff “Rascal” Rasco, CMP Attendee Management, Inc. Washington State Chapter PDA SHOOT-OUT: TEXAS STYLE! Stephen “Six-Shooter” Nold Austin, TX A steely-eyed look at personal digital assistants and how they can make your job as easy as eatin’ watermelon on a summer day
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Jeff “Rascal” Rasco, CMPAttendee Management, Inc.
Washington State Chapter
PDA SHOOT-OUT: TEXAS STYLE! Stephen “Six-Shooter” Nold
Austin, TX
A steely-eyed look at personal digital assistants and how they can make your job as easy as eatin’ watermelon on a summer day
PDA Device Choices 449 PDA Choices: Prices $75 - $600+
– 3Com (1) – Acer (2) – Amigo (1) – Apple (1) – Asustek (2) – Audiovox (1) – Aurora (1) – Casio (35) – Cidco (1) – Compaq (43) – Cross Pen (1) – Day-Timer (1) – Dell (3) – Earth Link (2) – Everex (1) – FIC (1)– Fossil (1)
– Fuga (1) – Fujitsu (4) – Garmin (1) – Global Star Software (1) – Good Technologies (1) – HandEra (2) – Handspring (12) – Hewlett Packard (46) – Hitachi (5) – IBM (8) – Intel (6) – Intermec (3) – Itronix (3) – LG (2)– Mainstreet Networks (1) – Maxtech (2)
– Royal Typewriter (8) – Salton (1) – Samsung (4) – Sharp (33) – Siemens (2) – Sonic Blue (1) – Sony (26) – Symbol (17) – T Mobile (2) – Toshiba (11) – Uniden (1) – Unigen (1) – Vadem (2) – ViewSonic (5) – Zayo (1)
– Melard Technologies (1) – Mitac (2) – Motorola (1) – NEC (7) – Oregon Scientific (7) – Palm (29) – Panasonic (1) – Philips (12) – Port Incorporated (1) – Psion (11) – QuickPAD (1) – RCA (2) – RIM Blackberry (9) – Rolodex (1) – Royal (1)
Source: epinions.com, 11/05/03
PDA Operating Systems4 PDA OS Category Choices, (316
different Operating Systems) – Linux (3) – Palm (86) – Pocket PC (Windows CE) (187) – Proprietary (40)
Source: epinions.com, 11/05/03
Device Feature Considerations• Operating System• Memory• CPU• Screen• Card Slot
– Compact Flash (CF) vs. Secure Digitial (SD)• Connectivity• Wireless networking• Cellular capabilities• Applications (over 20,000 on handango.com)
Comparison Chart
Palm and Pocket PC Comparison Source: What you need to know About, William Hungerford, http://palmtops.about.com/library/blchart.htm, 11/05/03
Feature Pocket PC BlackBerry Palm
Syncs with Mac
Syncs with Outlook
Syncs with Lotus Notes $ $
Microsoft Word document support
Microsoft Excel document support
Microsoft PowerPoint support $
Adobe Acrobat Support $ $
Voice recorder $
HTML browser
WAP browser $
Offline browsing $
Instant messenger client
Video playback
E-book reader $
Palm and Pocket PC comparison source: What you need to know About, William Hungerford, http://palmtops.about.com/library/blchart.htm, 11/05/03
Comparison ChartFeature Pocket PC BlackBerry Palm
Address Book
Calendar
NotePad
Task List
Calculator
Onscreen Keyboard
Handwriting
Syncs with PC
Desktop PIM Included
MP3 playback support
16-bit color support
Data Push Connectivity
Reasons to choose a Palm• The de facto standard
– Over 24 million Palm Powered handheld devices. Palm OS still owns over 80% of the US market and 57% of the worldwide market.
• Variety of products • Price (lower priced devices available)
– Simple handheld devices starting at $69 to Smart phones.• Greatest selection of applications
– Over 230,000 registered Palm OS developers.• Ease of use
– Intuitive• Compatibility
– With PCs, Outlook, and Microsoft applications• Long Battery Life• Palm OS takes small memory space• Hundreds of hardware add-on products
– SD expansion cards, memory sticks, digital cameras,
Reasons to choose a Pocket PC• No Graffiti• Microsoft product• Mirrors computer OS• Multimedia capabilities• More models and vendors
– Majority of Palm OS PDA models come from Sony and Palm/Handspring
• Better screen display
• Better Web browser– similar to Windows OS version
• Easier multitasking– Pocket PC can open more than one application at a time
Reasons to choose a BlackBerry• QWERTY keyboard typing• Always-on wireless network connectivity• Desktop email synchronization over-the-air (Exchange, Domino)
allowing data pushed instantly to the handheld • Allows the consolidation of phones and pagers into a single mobile
device to carry • Wireless carrier agnostic for worldwide operation• Centralized user and device management
The Winner is…• If you are primarily need a compact, reasonably priced, easy-to-use
PDA for calendaring, contacts, to-do lists, and possibly a few multimedia perks, shop for a Palm OS device.
• If the familiarity of the Windows OS interface appeals to you, if you want to carry around what is essentially a tiny version of your PC, and if you want multimedia to be the rule and not the exception, then go for a Pocket PC.
• If always-on instant data push capability is important, then the BlackBerry device is the right choice.
Mobile Computing: Palm vs. Pocket PC, The products are different, but also the same. How do choose? James A. Martin, Thursday, August 21, 2003, http://www.pcworld.com/howto/article/0,aid,111825,00.asp
Resources• Avantgo • Handango • Handango Glossary • Handspring • How PDAs Work • HP Handheld Devices • MemoWare • Palm Handhelds • Palm Tipsheet
• Security Brief: Implementing HIPAA-Compliant Palm Handheld Solutions
• SonyStyle USA • TealPoint Software • Toshiba • Tucows PDA software
• ZDNet Palm Downloads
Source: D. Samuel Gottesman Library, http://library.aecom.yu.edu/resources/pda/pdageneral.htm, 11.06.03
• PalmGear • PalmSpot • PDA Central • Pdalive • PDAmart • PDAStreet • PocketPC
PDA/Wireless Developers• Advontech/AMi – Jeff (512) 842-1613 www.attendeenet.com
Stephen (512) 789-1603 www.advontech.com• Alliance Tech – (512) 617-2000 www.alliancetech.com• bCard – (301) 654-3779 www.bcard.com• EventCentric – (703) 524-3309 www.eventcentric.com• ExpoExchange – (301) 662-9401
www.expoexchange.com• EventPoint – (425) 869-0567 www.eventpoint.com • Hemko Systems – (970) 667-0460 www.hemkosys.com• Pistachio – (503) 292-6617 www.pistachioinc.com• NearSpace – (707) 792-8004 www.nearspace.com• Shockfish Communications – Lausanne, Switzerland –
+41 (0) 878 877 931 www.shockfish.com• Registration Unlimited – (916) 626-5135 www.regunlim.com• WideRay – (415) 263-2802 www.wideray.com
Websites• www.cnet.com• www.palm.com
– Offers thousands of commercial PalmOS products
• www.handspring.com– Learn more about Handspring Visors
• www.palmgear.com– Tips/Tricks section has shortcuts that will help new
users get up to speed.
• www.nearlymobile.com– New user tips and suggestions
Websites• www.tucows.com
– Downloads and reviews of almost everything!
• www.handango.com– Software and gear for multiple systems– Excellent Support section for all platforms with tips/tricks
• www.microsoft.com/mobile/pocketpc/default.asp– Features, buyer’s guide, downloads, and how to information
• www.rex.net• www.blackberry.com• www.hp.com/www.compaq.com• www.casio.com• www.toshiba.com
Further Questions?
Jeffrey W. Rasco, CMP164 Augusta DriveWimberley, TX 78676 USAP: 512.842.1613 ext 4#F: 512.233.2870E: [email protected]
Stephen Nold14917 Solera DriveAustin, TX 78717 USAP: 512.789.1603F: 512.233.2267E: [email protected]
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