PDA: Personal digital assistants or productivity disaster areas?

For many centuries people used paper to record the things they had to remember or to communicate to other people. Then came computers, and then came mobile phones, plus a host of other gadgets to make people more productive. The latest must-have is the personal digital assistant (PDA) which promises...

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Published in:Accountancy Ireland 2000-08, Vol.32 (4), p.32
Main Author: Lawlor, Brendan
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Access to information
Advantages
Cellular telephones
Chartered accountants
Dictionaries
Global positioning systems
GPS
Handwriting
Information management
Internet access
Java
Personal digital assistants
Personal information
Productivity
Service introduction
Software
Speeches
Technological change
Wireless communications
Wireless networks
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Chartered accountants
Dictionaries
Global positioning systems
GPS
Handwriting
Information management
Internet access
Java
Personal digital assistants
Personal information
Productivity
Service introduction
Software
Speeches
Technological change
Wireless communications
Wireless networks
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