Performance, Productivity For Students Powerful Pocket-Sized Tools That Allow Students To Be Organized, Productive, Connected And Entertained Are Reducing BackpackClutter Across The Country—And Make GreatGifts (NAPSA)—Today’s students carry a heavy load—and not just when it comes to classes and afterschool jobs. Many schools have banished storage lockers to minimize hallway congestion, forcing students to lug books and other suppliesall day. Students maylighten their load and be more productive by using personal digital assistants (PDAs) such as the Windows-based Pocket PC. (oo friends. New low-cost devices, some less than $200, can run or come equipped with Pocket versions of the applications used on PCs: Pocket Word, Pocket MSN Messengerand Pocket Solitaire. Because Pocket PCs are gaining popularity in corporations, inte- grating them into students’ everyday lives now will benefit them in the long term. “Eventually my Pocket PC will be a life-saver in the business world,” Miniman said. The popularity of PDAs in schools is part of a larger trend reflected by the expected growth in worldwide shipments of handheld computers in 2003 by as much as nearly 15 percent (as estimated by independent research firm Gartner Dataquest). Today, Pocket PC software is available from a wide range of hardware companies, including Dell Computer Corp. and HP. Here are some factors to consider before buying: Don’t buy an underachieving product. Until recently, most PDAs only performed basic computing. The Microsoft Windows Powered Pocket PC Phone Edition is a PDA combined with full phone and Internet browsing capabilities. Students can store digital notes while speaking to a caller. Avail- > TE - Mobile” ‘Til 4 10:31 () Thursday, August 1, 2002 1B] Owner: George Jiang P=) Eva's Birthday Team Meeting 10:304M-11:304M (Conf room ) Lunch w/Sam & Griffin 12:00PM-1:00PM (Cafe) Jared Miniman, a student at Cornell University, uses a TMobile Pocket PC Phone Edition. “A student’s life is pretty chaotic; this really saves me time and reduces the notebooks and electronic products I carry,” Miniman said. Students say PDAs help them juggle school, work and their social lives and use these devices for school assignments and appointments, research on the Internet, listening to music, and communicating with family and = Quarterly Business Review 1;00PM-3:00PM a “ActiveSync: 18 Unread messages [] 1 Active task iy / | ia ew =2 Pa PC >) ; PhoneEdition \ > Students can lighten their load and become more productive with personal digital assistants. able devices include the AT&T Wireless Siemens SX56 Window Powered Pocket PC Phone and the T-Mobile Pocket PC. Choose a device that supports software students already use. Some PDAs require new software programs. Platforms that don’t support the most popular applications make it difficult to share data and cumbersome to learn new software. The Pocket PC 2002 Phone Edition software, with one- touch dialing, comes with mobile pocket versions of popular Microsoft applications, such as Windows Media Player, Outlook, Word and Excel, for handling email, calendar, contacts, word processing and spreadsheet functions. Consider price and value. ViewSonic’s V35, Toshiba’s e310, the Dell Axim X5 and HewlettPackard’s iPAQ 1910 all are priced under $300 and have fast computer processors and ample memory. These lightweight products weigh about the same as fourbatteries. Expansion capabilities, coupled with Microsoft’s strong customer support, make the Pocket PC 2002 Phone Edition a terrific choice for busy students.
