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15 More Things To Do With Your PDA EdTech Group Discussion 5/11/03 1. Organise your Life Calendar Appointments Contacts To-do Course organisers 2+3. Web Browsing 2. Off-line AvantGo 3. On-line WiFi hotspots 4. Documents Transfer Share Edit Secure 5. Games Recreational
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15 More Things To Do With Your PDA EdTech Group Discussion 5/11/03
1. Organise your Life • Calendar • Appointments • Contacts • To-do • Course organisers
2+3. Web Browsing • 2. Off-line • AvantGo • 3. On-line • WiFi hotspots
4. Documents • Transfer • Share • Edit • Secure
5. Games • Recreational • Educational?
6. Music • Entertainment • MP3, WAV, WMA
7. EBooks • Easy reading while commuting • Large volumes – small size • Download and store annotations • Search for passages • ‘They’ll never offer the full, tactile experience of the real thing’
8. Photo Album • Favourite photos handy • Good display quality • Work ‘together’ with digital camera
9. Presentations • Powerpoint capabilities • Create and show • Safer than carrying laptop • Animations and transitions supported – but not embedded video/sound
10. GPS – I know whereyou are • Route finder • But also location-awareness, enabling location-specific content and services
11. Voice recorder • Dictaphone: ‘record impulse thoughts for posterity’
12. Expenses watching • Microsoft’s Money • Convenient to use while commuting
13. Remote control • Use to operate TV, DVD player, VCR… • Will it take the dog out?
14. Mobile TV • Download favourite programmes, news, films • Good video quality
15. E-Mail • Download (synchronise) and view e-mail • Prepare items to send on the go • Stay in touch