History of the PDA Steve Shultz Green 1 Title needs to have “History of YOUR TOPIC” Sub-title needs to have your name and class block.

When? 1993 Motorola is developing a PDA. They have a lock on the hand-held market that serves public safety applications so its a natural off shoot. Sculley leaves Apple. IBM and Bell South announce Simon. 1970s The Dynabook is developed. The Dynabook idea was an early PC at Xerox. 1988 Apple develops the Newton Research Group to create next generation computers. 1996 Palm's Pilot 1000 and Pilot 5000 products are released. 1999 Palm, Inc. ships the Palm IIIx and Palm V handhelds. The first PDA with wireless access to the internet, Palm VII, was released. 1991 The first PDA-type device is introduced as the Newton 2003 The Platform Solutions Group develops the Palm OS platform and licenses it to makers of handheld devices. 1990 Newton's are conceived; they include pen-based data entry, handwriting recognition, intelligent electronic ink, and communication functions. 1992 Sculley coins the phrase "Personal Digital Assistant". Palm Computing, Inc. is founded by Jeff Hawkins. 1994 Palm Computing develops the Pilot. 1998 Apple phases out the Newton. The Palm III is launched. 1983 John Sculley is recruited by Steve Jobs to run Apple. Sculley's vision is important to Apple's future. This slide needs to have a line drawn to represent a timeline. The timeline needs to have at least 12 text boxes with events. Each event needs to have a date. You can have more than one per year. The timeline also needs to have at least 4 pictures pasted in.

What? PDA stands for Personal Digital Assistant PDAs are handheld computers People use for many functions: Calendar Contacts Notes This slide needs to list at least three answers to the question – what is your topic?

Who? Steve Jobs – one of the founders of Apple Computers John Sculley – recruited by Jobs to run Apple Jeff Hawkins – founded Palm Computing, Inc. This slide needs to list at least three people who were significant to your topic.

Where? Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) – Palo Alto, CA Apple – Cupertino, CA Jeff Hawkins – born in Long Island, NY This slide needs to list at least three significant places associated with your topic.

Why? This is the Information Age People need to have access to their information People want to be able to carry all their information with them in a small, easy to use product This slide needs at least three answers to the question “Why is your topic important?”

How? Xerox developed the Dynabook in the 1970’s Apple developed the Newton in the 1990’s Palm developed the Palm Pilot in the 1990’s This slide needs to list at least three answers to the question “How was your topic developed?”

Sources www.wikipedia.org www.apple.com www.palm.com www.computersource.com This slide needs to list at least four sources where you got your information. Of course, list all your sources to give them credit!

History of the PDA Steve Shultz Green 1 This slide is a copy of your first slide. You will use it to close your presentation.