Pocket computers come in three main flavours, each with advantages and disadvantages.
Lots of experienced people have their own favourite type of PDA, and their own reasons for liking it. This feature is designed to introduce you to the basics of each PDA platform, and help you decide which one might be best for you. The three platforms are Palm, Psion, and Pocket PC, and we shall look at each in turn. Palm Originally an offshoot of networking giant 3Com, Palm is now an independent company and produces the most popular range of PDAs. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.