Ontrack Data International Inc. Their existence is good news for agencies whose data seem to have vanished. The small, thin units come with bright, color screens and PC-card slots that can accept various cards such as IBM Corp.'s Microdrive miniature hard drive. The Jornada series resembles Palm Computing's Palm devices. However, the Jornada doesn't use the Palm operating system. Instead, it runs on Microsoft Corp.'s recently released PocketPC, a redesign of the Windows CE operating system.
Users can click through the touch interface with their finger or a stylus.
The Jornada has its own speaker, a removable metal cover and an infrared port for synching calendar and contact information with a user's desktop.