he Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in San Jose, CA displays clay
tablets used by ancient Babylonians to record information. These
tablets are nearly identical in size to the modern PDA. In light
of this, it should not be a surprise that the convenient size of
the PDA is one of the primary reasons the devices have been so
rapidly accepted by today's workforce. With relentless
technology advances, the convenient size of the modern PDA can
now provide the hardware power in the PDA comparable to that of
desktop, and even some server machines of a few years ago.
Battery technology has also made advancesalthough surprisingly
less rapid than other PDA componentsmaking the current crop of
PDAs able to solve an ever wider variety of problems. |Editor's
Note: On July 12, 2002, InfoWorld reported significant security
vulnerabilities in the Sharp Zaurus. While this vulnerability
has no relevancy to the content and techniques provided here, we
recommend that Zaurus developers read about this vulnerability.
Updated August 9, 2