Personal Digital Assistant Sebastian Blesgen Anthony Campisi Quentin Jacquemart Olivier Ory

History of the PDA As it begun  Need to organize information  Notepad

History of the PDA As it begun  Need to organize information  Notepad  Rolodex

History of the PDA As it begun  Need to organize information  Notepad  Rolodex  Filofax

History of the PDA Electronic Organizer  Limited functions  Bad compatibility

History of the PDA PIM  Personal Information Manager  Sets out the rules to modern PDA’s  PC link  Standard business-related functions  User friendliness  Upgradable

History of the PDA The Apple Newton  First PDA ever produced (1993)  Touch-screen and stylus  Embed text recognition software

Competition PDA or Laptop?  Different use  Laptops are more powerful  PDA’s are more portable  PDA’s are more user friendly

Competition PDA or Smartphone?  Smartphone = Mobile phone + PDA  Smartphones harder to use

History of the PDA Palm Pilot  First highly sucessful PDA (1996)  Graffiti alphabet

Main PDA’s Operating Systems Palm OS  Palm OS 3.0  Palm OS 1.0

Main PDA’s Operating Systems Palm OS  Palm OS 5.0  Palm OS 4.0

Main PDA’s Operating Systems Symbian OS  Symbian OS 7.0  Symbian OS 6.0

Main PDA’s Operating Systems Symbian OS  Symbian OS 9.1

Main PDA’s Operating Systems Microsoft Windows Mobile  Pocket PC 2003  Pocket PC 2000  Pocket PC 2002

Main PDA’s Operating Systems Microsoft Windows Mobile  Windows Mobile 6  Windows Mobile 5.0

The Future Easier than ever…  Speech-to-text interface

The Future Easier than ever…  Speech-to-text interface  Secure mobile environment-portable electronic device