Umm, since when did PDA's Ring or Play Grand Theft Auto?

Dale Mccoun: This is why kids do not ought to be gambling video video games. They must be external gambling within the sunshine and rain and snow. Not cooped up within the apartment. Parents in these days don't pay concentration to rankings on TV suggests, video video games, CDs, or films. They simply purchase their children beside the point video games, CDs, allow their children watch something on TV, and so on. Keep him clear of the Xbox and get him into medication....Show more

Marco Stolarz: Because most people have no clue what PDAs really are capable of, and their only preconceived view of one is the old "Palm Pilot" stereotype. My mom actually calls my Dell Pocket PC a Palm Pilot still, no matter how many times I explain the difference. Putting PDAs in the consumer electronics section of YAnswers makes sense considering the push towards convergences recently. Whereas PDAs were always targeted towards the business world (the lack of marketing to the everyday! user may have been the downfall of the standalone PDA), cell phones are available everywhere and practically disposable commodities nowadays. So handhelds get lumped into the same category as gameboys, Ipods, and phones when really the right handheld will do all three. I actually went looking for handhelds in the Computer section first, because that's how I think of it. If you really want to get an idea of what PDAs can do, visit popular websites like www.pocketpcthoughts.com, www.brighthand.com, or www.handango.com to see the types of devices, software programs, and functionalities handhelds can offer.Anyway, those are my thoughts on your rhetorical question. :-)...Show more

Johnnie Pummill: Personal digital assistants (PDAs) are handheld computers that were originally designed as personal organizers, but became much more versatile over the years. PDAs are also known as pocket computers or palmtop computers. PDAs have many uses: calculation, use as a clock and ca! lendar, playing computer games, accessing the Internet, sendin! g and receiving E-mails, video recording, typewriting and word processing, use as an address book, making and writing on spreadsheets, use as a radio or stereo, and Global Positioning System (GPS). Newer PDAs also have both color screens and audio capabilities, enabling them to be used as mobile phones, web browsers, or portable media players. Many PDAs can access the Internet, intranets or extranets via Wi-Fi, or Wireless Wide-Area Networks (WWANs). One of the most significant PDA characteristic is the presence of a touch screen.High-end PDAs offer multimedia, security and add-on features not found on less expensive devices: A Secure Digital Input/Output (SDIO) card slot for add-on peripherals contained in an SDIO card, for example, a Bluetooth card, a Wi-Fi card, or a GPS (global positioning system) card.A built-in digital camera for snapping digital images and capturing short videos (The quality will not be as good as that of a dedicated camera.) Integrated security feat! ures such as a biometric fingerprint reader....Show more