Monday, June 10, 2002
PDAs: Who needs one?
Posted by Jason Dunn in "ARTICLE" @ 03:41 PM
http://www.bcentral.com/articles/enbysk/153.asp?cobrand=msn
C. Marshall pointed us to this bCentral article on how to pick the right PDA. Not a bad article if you're looking for a very basic overview of what factors you should consider when making your decision. This article drives home a point I've come to consider very important in the past few months: well-informed impartiality is almost non-existent. There are basically two types of people writing PDA articles: they either don't know enough about either and get their facts wrong, thus making the article largely useless, or they're very knowledgeable because they made a choice and picked one camp over the other - which makes their opinion anything but impartial. I don't envy the people trying to decide between Palm and Pocket PC - there are very few good resources that offer truly impartial information. This article is a decent start though...
"It is if you're a mobile professional (someone who spends 25% or more of your work time away from your office, including meeting-hounds). That's the opinion of Rebecca L. Morgan, who is not a PDA marketer but an author, management consultant and productivity expert based in San Jose, Calif. However, if you are among the declining number of professionals today pretty much stuck in your office, one click away from your e-mail inbox, you likely don't need one."
C. Marshall pointed us to this bCentral article on how to pick the right PDA. Not a bad article if you're looking for a very basic overview of what factors you should consider when making your decision. This article drives home a point I've come to consider very important in the past few months: well-informed impartiality is almost non-existent. There are basically two types of people writing PDA articles: they either don't know enough about either and get their facts wrong, thus making the article largely useless, or they're very knowledgeable because they made a choice and picked one camp over the other - which makes their opinion anything but impartial. I don't envy the people trying to decide between Palm and Pocket PC - there are very few good resources that offer truly impartial information. This article is a decent start though...
"It is if you're a mobile professional (someone who spends 25% or more of your work time away from your office, including meeting-hounds). That's the opinion of Rebecca L. Morgan, who is not a PDA marketer but an author, management consultant and productivity expert based in San Jose, Calif. However, if you are among the declining number of professionals today pretty much stuck in your office, one click away from your e-mail inbox, you likely don't need one."
