Once the exclusive domain of techies and plane-hopping business people, PDAs have started to enter other parts of our society. A recent Wall Street Journal article related how the sleek Palm V organizer is the PDA of choice for Greenwich, Connecticut housewives with play-dates to juggle. The U.S. Navy has started outfitting sailors with Palm V organizers on the missile cruiser USS McFaul.
Sailors use the organizers to file reports, download schedules, and check email.
Heck, Palm is even marketing a special Claudia Schiffer edition Palm Vx organizer. Luckily, they're also quite functional and have a number of useful applications that can make your life better. For those with fewer domestic responsibilities, you can feel pretty suave as you write down a new friend's phone number in your organizer, know the movie show times for all the local theaters, or find a nearby watering hole after dinner. Obviously, there are lots of other applications for PDAs, and it's likely that there's one that will help make your life easier. If you haven't yet tried a PDA, maybe this is the year it should happen.