Introduction PDA's or "personal digital assistants," are handheld devices that function in several capacities: as a cell phone, fax sender and personal organizer, among other things. PDA's use a stylus, or pen, rather than a keyboard (www.darwinmag.com). The topics discussed in this ... dependent on IT will be using PDA's (http://advisor.com). Two Well-known Technologies Merge One trend that is emerging is the Smart Phone. Smart Phones will merge the PDA with the cell phone. The manufacturers intend to introduce these to the American market with what they call a "soft" introduction. The strat...

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... is the largest market adopted wireless technologies. "Realtors are one of the single largest mobile sales forces in the U.S. Many have pioneered the use of wireless technologies including the cellular phone, the hand-held Palm Pilot, the laptop computer, and other wireless modem devices. But Realtors are in a race to keep up with and to serve consumers, says Jonathan Greenblatt, ... be able to integration various email accounts with 'Always On, Always Connected' capability, corporate data, phone, web and organizer features. BlackBerry's plan ties a listing service database to a web site ...

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... system. Hotelling does have its downfalls, but the benefits certainly exceed the costs for any organization willing to install such a system. With the increase of communication devices such as intranets, cell phones, laptops, modems, emails, and voicemails, accountants have more mobility as to where they can do their work. This is extremely beneficial to those accountants who spend most of their ... the ones who are subject to sacrifice such privileges when reverting to this new system. However, privacy can still be maintained by communicating through email or even through conversing vi...

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... or future. Given that the terrorists who slammed jetliners into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11th conducted much of their planning and communication via computers and cell phones, critical evidence of that and any potential future plots may yet be found on those tech items. Companies once keen to put loads of information on their Web sites ... , the financial-services firm hasn't given up. Early next year, it will start a limited test of a system that it hopes will lead to a wider smart-card system that includes building, phone, and IT network access. Some departm...

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