Noreen Forgot To Charge Her PDA

Or why some people should not own a PDA.

Luckily, she was more concerned about how flat her hair looked.

My colleague came up quite upset that her latest, Bluetooth-enabled iPAQ, could not be turned on. Naturally, the rest of us were nice enough to attempt to assist her. Upon further questioning, we found out that she had not charged it for a couple of days.

She argues that a PDA is an inferior device compared to a cell phone. I tend to agree. Any small device is assumed to be 'mobility'-ready and as such, should have all the qualities that a mobile device should have. The first, most important, criteria, should be battery life. No one should be able to estimate how long a person can be mobile for and if one truly wants to create a device for truly mobile people (e.g. travellers), they should never assume that they have the time nor the inclination to find a power point while trekking through Nepal.