Re: [NTLK] History of the PDA

On 14-Dec-08, at 1:02 AM, Jon Glass wrote:

> But wasn't it Sculley who coined the term "PDA" and its concept as an
> "assistant" who can help you, rather than being merely a catchall?

Yes, and the fact that the term is still being used as a generic
category for handheld devices is rather irksome. Simply being a
portable computational device does not a PDA make.

http://xrl.us/coinpda

g.

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