Umm, since when did PDA’s Ring or Play Grand Theft Auto?
I see all these questions on the handheld and PDA section of YAnswers dedicated to PSP’s, GBA’s and Nintendo DS, but so few about actual PDA’s.
Also, when did PDA’s ring? Yes, there are PDA’s that are also phones, but they’re called “smartphones”.
Smartphones are covered in the cell phone category.
I just want to get some good information on what a good old fashioned PDA can and cannot do without seeing some idiot with a video game system ask how to pimp his useless technological gadget or some person that couldn’t be a**ed enough to go learn how to tether his PDA and cell phone together and buy a smartphone complain about some moronic problem they encountered because they’re not used to actual business electronics.
Anyways, 10 points to the person that can answer this rhetorical question the best.
Because most people have no clue what PDAs really are capable of, and their only preconceived view of one is the old “Palm Pilot” stereotype. My mom actually calls my Dell Pocket PC a Palm Pilot still, no matter how many times I explain the difference. Putting PDAs in the consumer electronics section of YAnswers makes sense considering the push towards convergences recently. Whereas PDAs were always targeted towards the business world (the lack of marketing to the everyday user may have been the downfall of the standalone PDA), cell phones are available everywhere and practically disposable commodities nowadays. So handhelds get lumped into the same category as gameboys, Ipods, and phones when really the right handheld will do all three. I actually went looking for handhelds in the Computer section first, because that’s how I think of it.
If you really want to get an idea of what PDAs can do, visit popular websites like www.pocketpcthoughts.com, www.brighthand.com, or www.handango.com to see the types of devices, software programs, and functionalities handhelds can offer.
Anyway, those are my thoughts on your rhetorical question. 
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