Peripherals

Whereas cellular phones can be equipped with snap-on digital cameras, keyboards, or battery chargers, it’s the more versatile PDA that enjoys aplethora of optional devices that complement the core product. Adding tothe functionality of PDAs are peripherals such as headsets, keyboards,scanners, and printers. Other accessories include cellular phone modules,radio tuners, game and reference modules, and digital cameras that pluginto the extension module slot of the device. More esoteric peripherals include text-to-speech decoders that enable your PDA to “read” downloadedbooks, magazines, or newspapers to you while you exercise ordrive to the office. For the hiker, sailor, or urban street warrior, there areGPS modules that can be added to your handheld PDA and thus render ita navigational aid, promising that you’ll never get lost again. Anotherimportant group of companies in this category includes the manufacturersof wireless modems in the form of expansion packs or modem cards thatallow the device to access data via the Internet. Without these cards, thehandheld device lacks the connectivity to the Net—connectivity withoutwhich the PDA loses much of its appeal for the mobile user. Last, there area slew of companies supplying battery packs, memory cards, carryingcases, belt clips, styluses, automobile adapters, synchronization cradles,and other gadgets that add to the usability of the device.

Taken From : Enterprise Guide to Gaining Business Value from Mobile Technologies

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