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The PDA, 2006.
This paper discusses the PDA market, emphasizing the importance of support services for operating platforms and price.
1,040 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 36.95
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This paper explains that PDAs function as mobile personal computers for most users; therefore, the key feature that users demand is an adaptable and consistently updated operating system. The author points out that customers, who are willing to pay for a better quality product, are usually much less price sensitive and much more quality focused, thus charging more for these additional upgrades should not significantly impact overall sales. The paper refers to products such as Microsoft Treo, Psion, Amida, Sony CLIE, HP IPAQ, Radio Shack, Sonic and Dell Axim.
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"Traditional post sale service arrangements provide a repair center in which users can send their PDAs for repair or replacement. However, recently companies such as Psion and Fujitsu have begun offering "at home repair services", which allows users to upload their PDA's internal data over the internet and self-repair software issues over the internet. They also offer overnight shipping of new parts to expedite the repair process. The first step is to create a support call center with experienced product service managers. Creating a standard operating procedure for common problems and making this documentation available over the internet would be extremely helpful."
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Personal Digital Appliance (PDA), 2002.
A focus on the U.S. market.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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This paper focuses on the growth on PDA market in the United States. The personal digital appliance has been gaining steady popularity since it was first introduced a decade ago. But the PDA has experienced rapid growth in the last three years as more manufacturers entered the field and offered this product at comparatively low prices.
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PDAs and Nursing, 2008.
This paper explains and looks at the values of the personal digital assistant (PDA) within the field of nursing.
1,234 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 42.95
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The writer of this article argues that in today's fast-paced world in which emergency rooms, doctor offices, clinics and hospitals are overwhelmed with the caseload of patients in need of care, the use of the personal digital assistant (PDA) has become if not a requirement, a definite tool for nursing that is considered non-optional by many nurses and has been adopted into the training program for many school and university nursing programs. The writer maintains that the use of PDAs is expected to experience rapid growth due to the convenience, efficiency, and functionality of the PDA in the role of nursing in that it frees the nurse from rushing back and forth to the tethered PC to input information. The writer explains that the PDA provides a method for the nurse to rapidly access information relating to patient care, drug dosage information and other necessary information required in the role of nursing. The writer concludes that recommendations arising from studies conducted in the top nursing schools across the United States have recognized the benefits of the use of PDAs by nursing staff and are making recommendations and plans for inclusion of PDAs in nursing education curriculum.
Outline:
Introduction
Facts about PDAs
Nursing Competencies
More PDA Facts
Practical Use of PDAs by the Nurse
Attitudes Towards Use of PDAs
Summary and Conclusion
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"Using PDAs allows nurses to expediently and accurately access current drug and clinical references and medical calculators. Patient's data may be recorded while they work and they may quickly chart and share data in an efficient manner. Patient data can also be organized and tracked easily with the PDA and treatments and assessments are able to be documented in real-time. Another aspect of the Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) is the provision of contact lists, email, date books, and to do lists for personal organization as well as the ability to make word documents and power point presentations."
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The Sonic 1000 Personal Digital Assistant, 2007.
An analysis of the pricing, marketing and promotion of the Sonic 1000 personal digital assistant (PDA).
1,749 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 56.95
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This paper discusses the Sonic 1000 personal digital assistant (PDA). It analyzes factors contributing to the pricing of the PDA and then discusses issues of its marketing. The paper then describes the promotion of the product and analyzes Sonic's most effective promotional tools. Finally, the paper analyzes the marketing efforts of the company and their success.
Table of Contents:
Pricing
Promotion
Evaluating Marketing Efforts
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"'Evaluation and control' is a final but important stage to any marketing plan. In order to conclude if Sonic has successfully implemented it, the marketing manager must confront the results obtained with the pre-established standards. This means that he/she will have to check if the market share achieved during the first and second year is 3%, and respectively, 6%, if the brand awareness has reached the desired level or if the distribution network (encompassing web sites like Amazon.com and 50 U.S. top distributors) has been properly covered. If there is a discrepancy between expectancies and results, the organization will identify the causes and try to eliminate them."
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PDAs and Beyond, 2001.
This paper looks at different management techniques used to increase PDA's (Personal Digital Assistants) visibility in today's market.
2,795 words (approx. 11.2 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 83.95
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This paper discusses how the PDA (Personal Digital Assistants) innovation should be managed to fit into today?s society. It touches on the need, engineering and development, and marketing of PDAs. In addition, management techniques used in each one of those phases are discussed. Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) have become more popular over the last few years. PDAs are becoming as popular as personal computers, and the author discusses how there should be a manageable way to develop a newer PDA that will fit into the 21st century.
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"Now imagine this device hooked up not only to what we now call the telephone system but to the Internet as well. Now you can order a cyber-pizza or visit the virtual White House while strolling around the golf course. This technology is almost here now. When PDAs are available and cheap, and long distance phone service is cheap, they will replace many of the devices that we have today, combining them into one unit.7 New product innovations must move in the direction of more compact, multiple function, and better ability to interconnect with a variety of other devices and operating systems. New product innovations will move in the direction of greater connectivity with the world, any place, any time."
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PDAs, 2005.
A managerial report of the functionality of the Personal Digital Assistant (PDA).
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 3 sources, $ 106.95
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With the advent of more advanced cellular phones, the PDA has seen a decline in popularity. The paper shows that this product still seems a viable one as certain platforms are seeing sales growth; however, it would appear some redesigning needs to be done in order to recapture their previous place in the market. This report provides some history on the PDA.
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"The personal digital assistant (PDA) was first marketed as such in January 1992, although earlier devices had similar capabilities. All PDAs have certain capabilities that have made them useful to the business user. Even the most basic PDA contains the programming to act as both a date book and an address book and contains such things areas for memos, making notes, a clock, and a calculator. One useful capability that PDAs possess is the ability to share data with personal computers ("Personal digital assistant," 2005, par. 1),..."
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Comparison of Two PDAs, 2004.
Provides a comparison between two PDA models.
3,220 words (approx. 12.9 pages), 9 sources, APA, $ 111.95
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This paper provides, in memo form, a comparison between two PDA (personal digital assistant) models: the Palm Tungsten C and the Blackberry 7230. It recommends the purchase of the Blackberry 7230 for realty sales.
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Wireless Internet, 2005.
This paper discusses wireless internet, which enables people to communicate, work or play irrespective of the time and location.
1,655 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 53.95
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This paper explains that wireless internet devices are lighter than a laptop and handheld devices such as a PDA fit into a pocket without the need for phone lines, additional cords or external modems unlike laptop computers; PDA's can be used for weeks on a single charge: whereas, a typical laptop battery requires recharging every 3-4 hours. The author points out that mobile phones have a unique opportunity to become the gateway for other Internet wireless equipments but manufacturers need to respond faster and make its execution correctly. The paper predicts that the future of wireless will be a mixture of technologies having heterogeneous wireless access supported by an overall value proposition, which proves convenient to the end-user.
Table of Contents
History of Wireless Internet
Current Use or Activity of Wireless Internet
Wireless Internet versus Current and Future Competition
Future Direction of Wireless Internet
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"Even though the U.S. military is said to have started the use of wireless internet, it was Hedy Lamarr, a world-class beauty and a 1940s movie actress who was responsible for the origins of wireless Internet. Even though she did not have any technical training, Hedy Lamarr, being a gorgeous lady, was compelled by her husband to attend all his technical meetings held with the German military, which discussed a way to guide torpedoes by radio which could not be jammed. She wanted to join the National Inventors Council, which was set up to encourage Americans to contribute inventions for the coming war activity. It was during this time that the Council wanted actors and actresses to help sell War Bonds and she became a Hollywood actress to kiss any man who bought $50,000 in War Bonds. One day while she was playing four-hand piano with a musical hacker named George Antheil, she stopped and said "That's the answer to the torpedo problem: we are together, but apart. We are synchronized, but independent." She used the words 'frequency hopping' and they led to a patent U.S. Patent #2,292,387, called 'Secret Communications' wherein frequency hopping was done mechanically, by means of a piano roll tape having 88 holes to have control over both the radio on the sub and in the torpedo."
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Evaluation of The Computer: What Is Going To Be Next?, 2005.
An in-depth analysis of the dynamic progress of the computer and computer technology.
4,216 words (approx. 16.9 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 112.95
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This paper reviews the history of computers and the development of computer technology. It studies the progress made over the past 70 years, and also discusses the projected direction which the computer is expected to take. This paper also reviews handheld, mobile computer devices, such as the PDA.
Executive Summary
Analysis
1942: The First Electronic Computer
1944, Another Computer
1946 - The First Practical Electronic Computer
1951 - UNIVAC Begins To Take Over The Business Industries Market
1981 - The Era of Personal Computers Begin
2000 - Turn of The Century - PDA
2005 - What Is Going To Be Next?
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"The PCs produced by competitors were cheaper, but similar to IBM PCs. This led to the development of PCs all over the world, and due to the designing by IBM the products look extremely professional. Today, these products are the Windows operating system and Intel CPU computers. At the same time, it is important to note that within one year IBM had succeeded in selling 200,000 IBM PCs. This is a very large number when compared to 46 UNIVAC computers that were sold. In the same year, 1982, Compaq launched their PC and it was 100 percent compatible with IBM. They had to spend $1 million to develop the ROM BIOS that made it similar to IBM PCs, and which did not yet violate the copyright held by IBM. "
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Special Education, 2008.
A research proposal to investigate the impact that technology has on the reading and learning skills of low level students.
4,449 words (approx. 17.8 pages), 15 sources, APA, $ 116.95
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This paper proposes a research to study to find out the impact that using technology has on the learning/reading skills of low level student with special needs. Specifically, the topics to be addressed by the research are how technology is currently used in today's classrooms to enhance the reading/learning skills of low level students with special needs and how teachers can better integrate technology into instructions of low level students of special needs. The paper contends that the research will add to existing literature on the role of technology in education. Also, one practical implication of the research is that it can change the way educational-providers deal with low level students with special needs.
Outline:
Introduction
Problem Statement
Literature Review
Use of Advancing Technologies in Education
The Personal Digital Assistants (PDA)
Purpose of the Paper
Research Questions
Methodology
Research Method and Design
Participants
Recruitment Strategy (Sampling Unit)
Sampling Frame
Method of Selecting the Sample Elements
Data Collection
Delimitations
Ethical Issues
Data Analysis
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"Use of technology has helped some students in acquiring better literacy/reading skills; whereas it has hindered the learning of others. Fisher and Molebash and Speaker found technology as an assistive tool. Martin and Doering, Hughes, and Huffman found technology to hinder the learning process. With billions being spent on education each year and with so many schools adapting technology as a means of delivering lectures, it is imperative to come up with accurate and consistent results which give a holistic picture of the use of technology."
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Brand Health Audit Exercise, 2008.
This paper discusses a brand health audit exercise of the Research in Motion (RIM) brand.
1,935 words (approx. 7.7 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 61.95
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In this article, the writer discusses that analyzing Research in Motions' brand using the ten points as defined by Kevin Keller illustrates how the PDA, cellular phone, software and services company has continually enhanced and clarified their messaging to stay relevant to their target audiences and customers. The writer notes that Blackberry faced a significant public relations challenge due to well-known cases of addiction to e-mailing; text messaging and cell phone use the device has been attributed with creating. The writer discusses that called the "crackberry" by critics, RIMs' challenge is to continually keep the brand seen as valuable and useful for the busiest of working professionals. Blackberry's initial branding efforts began relying on the technological aspects of the pagers, cell phones and Internet-ready devices and encouraged widespread adoption by creating a mystique of the Blackberry being a time management tool. The writer concludes that RIM has re-invented itself from a branding standpoint and is in the process of re-inventing its brand to be a device for keeping work and life in balance in addition to exerting more control over ones' life.
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Abstract
Analyzing Research in Motions' Brand
Brand Excels at Delivering the Benefits Customers Truly Desire
The Brand Stays Relevant
The Pricing Strategies is Based on Consumers' Perceptions of Value
The Brand is Properly Positioned
The Brand is Consistent
The Brand Makes Use of and Coordinates a Full Repertoire of Marketing Activities to Build Equity
The Brand's Managers Understand what the Brand Means to Consumers The Brand is Given Proper Support, and that Support is Sustained Over the Long Run
The Company Monitors Sources of Brand Equity
Summary and Recommendations
References
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"In analyzing the RIM brand according to the ten attributes as defined by Keller (2000) the transition the company made away from being purely technologically driven to re-defining their identity based on the young, upwardly mobile C-level executives, company founders, and industry leaders to recapture the mystique that tuned to disdain was a complex branding strategy to implement. The need for creating an entirely new strategy for showing how the Blackberry didn't always have to lead to exceptional career performance but could also be relied on for a work/life balance for its users is also now an objective. Breaking the Crackberry reputation by showing highly successful customers and providing insights into their interesting, passionately-lived lives that also have work/life balance have created an entirely new set of values for the RIM brand as a result. Each attribute of the branding scorecard is now assessed given the transition RIM made from basing their brand purely on technology to one embracing the unique aspects of their customer base."
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Special Education, 2008.
This paper looks at the impact of using technology on learning and reading skills of low level students with special needs.
4,449 words (approx. 17.8 pages), 15 sources, APA, $ 116.95
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In this article, the writer notes that S. Goetze and B.J. Walker found that students who are most at risk of academic failure are those who lack reading skills. They found that use of technology enhanced literary capabilities of students who have special needs. The writer points out that in fact, technology and literacy have a very strong link and scholars have been keenly interested in discovering various aspects of their relationship. This study investigates the role of technology within the modern educational environment of low level students of special needs. It is hoped that the research will add to existing literature on the role of technology in education. Also, the writer maintains that one practical implication of the research can be that it can change the way educational-providers deal with low level students with special needs.
Outline:
Introduction
Problem Statement
Literature Review
Use of Advancing Technologies in Education
The Personal Digital Assistants (PDA)
Voice Recognition Technology (VRT)
Purpose of the Paper
Research Questions
Methodology
Participants
Sampling Frame
Method of Selecting the Sample Elements
Data Collection
Delimitations
Ethical Issues
Data Analysis
Anticipated Outcomes
Conclusion
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"This is an important implementation because it opens the students' horizons and allows them to see the general links and relations that their own lives might have with the stories that they read. The implementation of taking the pictures is one way that this has been successfully achieved. This use of a camera is a very flexible application and is being used in different ways for different special-needs students.
"May found that cameras are being used to also expand the span of words or vocabulary amongst the special-needs students. The teacher hands out a set of words to the students and explains their use and different interpretations and then asks them to take photographs in accordance to what they have understood. Any good reader will relay that the best part about reading is the expressions and vocabulary. Vocabulary is mainly an understanding of the use and interpretation of the words being used and this process has helped the special-needs students in their reading skills when it has been included in the curriculum."
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Power Line Networking, 2006.
This paper discusses power line networking, a method of networking computers using electrical wiring rather than phone jacks or other mediums.
1,725 words (approx. 6.9 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 55.95
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This paper explains that power line networking has many advantages but a main advantage is that it does not require the use of any additional wiring; just plug the computers and devices into a power outlet and the network is formed, essentially turning your power outlets into network ports and providing instant networking. The author points out that the technology has been around since the 1950s but has been on the fringes because of lack of interoperability, low quality of service and other problems; however, now, with definite standards and specifications being applied and price cuts, the technology is gaining ground. The paper relates that, in the future, this technology will be used in every "smart home", which uses computers to run everyday devices like microwaves, washing machines and watering system that can be started remotely by using a cell phone or PDA.
Table of Contents
Description of Power line Networking
Technology
Interlogis - Passport Network - How It Works.
Intellon - Powerpacket Network - How It Works.
Future Trends
Companies Involved in the Field
Regulatory Issues Surrounding the Field
Global Implications
Conclusion
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"Powerline technologies are already in use globally. Issues such as power voltages in different countries (110V / 220 V) come into play at this level. PowerPacket technology works independent of voltage and current frequencies so it is usable almost anywhere, passport on the other had is mostly useful in the U.S for now or countries using 110V. Also many countries with higher voltages use the three pin plug instead in the 2 pin plug used in the US so these lead to differences in powerline devices for different countries."
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Management at Sea Spring Corporation, 2004.
Looks at a number of factors that are influencing management's function at Sea Spring Corporation.
971 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 34.95
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This essay discusses the external and internal factors that impact the planning function of management within the Sea Spring Corporation. The Sea Spring Corporation is a multinational conglomerate that manufactures computer components, cellular telephones. and PDA?s. The essay focuses on the following internal and external factors: rapid change, globalization, technology, e-business, innovation, diversity, and ethics.
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"Rapid change is always a challenge for a technology company; it is the nature of the industry. One of the most significant changes that have occurred in the technology industry is the decreased interests in personal computers. Much of the lost interest in personal computers is due to the fact that most new PCs do not offer any new options that people aren?t willing to live without. The rapid change in the decline of computer sales has caused the demise of many companies that manufacture PCs. Rapid change also occurs when poor economic conditions are present because consumer spending is low and people are not purchasing products that are not necessities."
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Price Comparison, 2004.
A study into different prices of a single product from different suppliers.
1,014 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 35.95
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To consider how retailers determine prices, a single product type was compared at three different point-of-purchase locations. The product type was a handheld PDA, with three popular models compared. The three locations chosen were: Amazon, an online retailer; Radioshack, a retail electronics chain; and Churchill's Computers, an independent single-line specialty store. The prices were compared at each store, with this and other information used to determine the rationale each retailer has used in setting prices.
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"Amazon's low prices compared to its competitors suggests that it is using going-rate pricing, which is described as setting prices based largely on following competitors' prices (Kotler, 2002). In this case, Amazon is specifically ensuring it beats the competitor's prices. This strategy is also suggested by the text of the site regarding prices. The site does not include the price but has the text "Price too low to display." The price is then revealed when the item is added to the shopping cart. The site also contains the text "Did you find this item priced lower somewhere else? Let us know." These features suggest a strategy of ensuring that Amazon is offering the lowest price."
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