PDA

Personal Digital Assistants (or PDAs) have been part of my life since the new millennium (2000). I started out with the Palm Pilot VII. They have all been wonderful ways to maintain a calendar (agenda), keep an address book (contacts) and manage a to-do list of projects.

I have also added programs like: Epocrates (a medical drug reference), World Clock (let's me know different times around the world like: Rome, Italy and Riverview, MI), Moonphase (visually let's me see when the next full moon, quarter moon, etc will be), Palm Bio (biorhythms), Food (a database to put favorite restaurants), Time (countdown timer to future events), portable scientific calculator (to figure MPG, tips, or medication dosages) and of course games to pass the time when waiting for BMO after school. Also I've added photos, an electronic book reader, and e-bible.Palm Pilot VII
My first foray into the world of PDAs. I bought my first one while living in Portugal from the Navy Exchange. It was a pretty crude black on green display with limited memory.

Palm Tungsten E
This was an upgrade from the Palm Pilot. More memory and a rechargeable battery. Synching my PDA with the computer backs up the information and allows me to enter information and addresses more easily than using the PDA will.

Samsung i-300 Smart phone.
This was my first attempt to integrate the PDA with my cellphone. Poor reception and limited memory led me to upgrading to:

Kyocera 7135 Smart phone

A nice phone, but I cracked the screen.



Palm Treo 700p

.My current cellphone/PDA = Palm Treo 700p Smart phone. I briefly owned a Treo 600 smart phone but it only lasted nine months and was replaced by the 700p. They are nearly identical from the outside. This one is pretty nice. As mentioned earlier it can access the Internet and deliver my e-mail. It has a camera and will play mp3 music. The PDA has enhanced my ability to remember things, organize my life to keep things straight and remain in contact with Karen and the kids.