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The History of PDAs in Words and Pictures

Posted by timothy on from the pokeable-damageable-angular dept.

evanak writes "For the past four years, I've been studying the history of PDAs. It's all summarized in a 10,000-word article on my web site." This history is also illustrated with some pictures and photographs, which are worth it all by themselves.

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  1. Wikipedia Version by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_digital_assi stant

  2. Comment from the author... by evanak · · Score: 5, Informative

    Hey,

    Well, I appreciate all the feedback, kind and otherwise...

    I wish some people would READ it all before commenting. For example:
    - Per the article's headline, it only covers the really evolutionary years, from 75-95. So I didn't "miss" from 96-now as one person said here.
    - A few people said I should've include the Hitchhikers Guide. I did, read more carefully.
    - "You didn't include [x] PDA." That's true. The article only includes devices that truly pioneered some new step forward, that did something others hadn't done before.
    - "The Newton Rulz"... I'm not going to touch that one. Already wearing my anti-Reality Distortion Field vest.

    As for the (many!) of you who sent me kind and insightful personal replies -- thank you, I do appreciate it.

  3. You forgot my favorite... by callipygian-showsyst · · Score: 2, Informative

    ...the "Tandy 100". Portable (but not pocket sized) and widely used as a mobile typewriter by news reporters in the mid 80s.

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