1. 1 Librarians Do It Better With PDAs Sharon Bandle & Bob Penzenik Alaska Technology Associates Sharon Bandle & Bob Penzenik Alaska Technology Associates

2. 2 PDA = Personal Digital Assistant Handheld Computer Handheld Computer Pocket Computer Pocket Computer Personal Organizer Personal Organizer Handheld Computer Handheld Computer Pocket Computer Pocket Computer Personal Organizer Personal Organizer Librarians Do It Better With PDAs Alaska Technology Associates By any other name: NOT a Palm Pilot!

3. 3 Librarians Do It Better With PDAs Alaska Technology Associates PDA technology - major brands Palm One Palm One Dell Dell Sony Sony Blackberry Blackberry Compaq Compaq Casio Casio HP HP

4. 4 Librarians Do It Better With PDAs Alaska Technology Associates Technology is evolving PDA and cell phone hybrids

5. 5 Librarians Do It Better With PDAs Alaska Technology Associates PDA technology - extras synchronization cradles synchronization cradles folding keyboards folding keyboards memory cards memory cards wireless: Bluetooth & WiFi wireless: Bluetooth & WiFi

6. 6 Librarians Do It Better With PDAs Alaska Technology Associates PDA technology - operating systems Two major players Palm OS Palm OS Microsoft Pocket PC Microsoft Pocket PC

7. 7 Librarians Do It Better With PDAs Alaska Technology Associates PDA technology - desktop support Two players PCs PCs Macintosh Macintosh

8. 8 Librarians Do It Better With PDAs Alaska Technology Associates Basic PDA Applications Calendar Calendar To do list To do list Notes Notes Contact list Contact list Memos Memos

9. 9 Librarians Do It Better With PDAs Alaska Technology Associates Advanced PDA Applications e-mail e-mail Internet access Internet access SMS text messaging SMS text messaging Databases Databases e-Books, etc. e-Books, etc.

10. 10 Librarians Do It Better With PDAs Alaska Technology Associates Neat Nifty PDA Applications Interface w/MS Office Interface w/MS OfficeCalendar To do list Notes Contact list

11. 11 Librarians Do It Better With PDAs Alaska Technology Associates Neat Nifty PDA Applications Alaska Airlines Alaska Airlines(www.alaskaair.com) Interactive Schedules continuously updated Cost: Free

12. 12 Librarians Do It Better With PDAs Alaska Technology Associates Neat Nifty PDA Applications AvantGo AvantGo(www.avantgo.com) Participating sources (624) - real time info Cost: Free

13. 13 Librarians Do It Better With PDAs Alaska Technology Associates Neat Nifty PDA Applications Acrobat Reader Acrobat Reader(www.adobe.com/reader) Viewing PDF documents Cost: Free

14. 14 Librarians Do It Better With PDAs Alaska Technology Associates Neat Nifty PDA Applications Documents To Go Documents To Go(www.dataviz.com) WP, SS, PP, Pictures, Charts and more Cost: around $50

15. 15 Librarians Do It Better With PDAs Alaska Technology Associates Neat Nifty PDA Applications Nexus Nexus(www.pocketsensei.com/nexus.php) Dictionary - 340,000 definitions Cost: around $15

16. 16 Librarians Do It Better With PDAs Alaska Technology Associates Neat Nifty PDA Applications powerOne (Desktop-Windows only) powerOne (Desktop-Windows only)(www.infinitysw.com/) Advanced Calculator Cost: Free

17. 17 Librarians Do It Better With PDAs Alaska Technology Associates Neat Nifty PDA Applications WorldMate WorldMate(www.mobimate.com/worldmate/) World travel info: time, currency, etc Cost: $30

18. 18 Librarians Do It Better With PDAs Alaska Technology Associates Neat Nifty PDA Applications eReaderPro eReaderPro(www.palmdigitalmedia.com) eBooks (see list) Cost: $10 (comes with 5 books)

19. 19 Librarians Do It Better With PDAs Alaska Technology Associates Neat Nifty PDA Applications FileMaker Mobile 7 FileMaker Mobile 7(www.filemaker.com/products/mbl/) FileMaker documents, create and sync files Cost: $70

20. 20 Librarians Do It Better With PDAs Alaska Technology Associates Neat Nifty PDA Applications Maps Maps (www.mapquest.com) Need AvantGo Maps in PDA format Cost: Free

21. 21 Librarians Do It Better With PDAs Alaska Technology Associates Neat Nifty PDA Applications GPS interface GPS interface

22. 22 Librarians Do It Better With PDAs Alaska Technology Associates Neat Nifty PDA Applications Web browsing Web browsing

23. 23 Librarians Do It Better With PDAs Alaska Technology Associates Neat Nifty PDA Applications e-mail (send & receive) e-mail (send & receive)

24. 24 Librarians Do It Better With PDAs Alaska Technology Associates Caution! If your life is in your PDA… Passwords Passwords Credit card numbers Credit card numbers Banking information Banking information Library security codes, etc Library security codes, etc

25. 25 Librarians Do It Better With PDAs Alaska Technology Associates Security! If your life is in your PDA… Passwords Passwords Encryption Encryption Back-ups Back-ups

26. 26 Librarians Do It Better With PDAs Alaska Technology Associates Questions… Questions…

27. 27 Librarians Do It Better With PDAs Sharon Bandle & Bob Penzenik Alaska Technology Associates Sharon Bandle & Bob Penzenik Alaska Technology Associates