All of these devices can fit in a pocket or purse for the ultimate inportability. And all of the devices come bundled with desktop synchronizationsoftware and a cradle that connects to a desktop PC so users can synchronizee-mail, appointments, tasks and more between the handheld and desktop. A Matter of Compromise For all their promise, however, handheld Internet devices are inherentlyriddled with compromises. The smaller the device, the less processing power,memory and screen area it has, not to mention inconvenient input methods. Increasing these variables to achieve better performance results in a largerdevice.
Battery life is another trade-off.
A full-color screen drains much morepower than a monochrome display, and as screen size increases, so does thepower requirement. Therefore, the better the display, the more battery poweris needed. And increased power means increased battery size and weight. Web sites themselves present another problem. In addition, the graphics and animation on most Web sites would severelybog down wireless transactions, and these small devices don't have enoughmemory or processing power to handle that much information.