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PDA means Personal Digital Assistant, a handheld device (small and light enough to be operated, but remains in the hands) that is often used as a personal organizer. It has become more complicated on a computer as a gadget capable of performing multiple functions, such as serving as wireless communications to send and receive data, faxes and emails. The PDA concept was first introduced by Apple MessagePad in 1993, and was later upset by the PalmPilot in 1996, created by Palm, Inc. The total market for PDAs grew by 20.7% in the third quarter of 2005, compared with the third quarter of 2004.

A PDA has a date book, address book, task list, memo pad, clock, calculator and computer software. Today, PDAs are widely used as notebooks, word processors, spreadsheets, and the appointment and developers to synchronize data with a PC or a computer. They can also be integrated with mobile phones to provide mobile communications and will be used to access the Internet through technologies such as Wi-Fi, Wide Area Networks (WAN) and Bluetooth.

Most PDAs are not equipped with a keyboard and pocket. Instead, the pen is based and rely on special hardware to recognize the contributions on hand to tap selections on menus and to enter printed characters. Some devices may also include an on-screen keyboard for improved accessibility.

PDA now depend largely on a series of operating systems to run. Some of the most widely used operating systems are Palm OS PDA (Palm, Inc), Windows Mobile (Microsoft), BlackBerry (Research in Motion), Symbian OS, and those based on the Linux kernel available for free, such as GPE, Opie and Qtopia.