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Handhelds Come of Age

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PCQ Bureau
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It was not long ago that the symbol of the successful executive was the

leather-bound dairy, or to give it its full name–the Filofax. Also called the

organizer, it did just that–helped organize information appointments,

calendar, quick lists of things to do, addresses and telephone numbers and small

memos that the executive needed when on the move. It was sort of replaced by the

digital dairy, but not quite. Although the digital dairy provided all these

functions, and in some case even more, it could never acquire the class of the

leather bound filofax. Perhaps, tapping away on a small keyboard didn’t have

quite the same style as writing. And on the ability to understand text scribbled

on a touch-sensitive LCD panel, hinged the success of the PDA or the Personal

Digital Assistant.

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