It was what the old nomenclature promised it would be: my Personal Digital Assistant.
It may be hard to believe, but there is yet another interesting personal digital assistant coming soon.
New for 2013 is iPhone Siri digital assistant control and automatic iPhone Bluetooth pairing on all built-in Bluetooth models.
In 2000 it produced the iPAQ, a personal digital assistant, for Compaq, a firm bought by Hewlett-Packard in 2002.
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It also means offering broadband Internet service accessible via a personal digital assistant, game console, cell phone or set-top box.
's iPaq Pocket PC, but it has the best and brightest color screen I've yet seen on a personal digital assistant (PDA).
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Handspring, the company behind the Visor personal digital assistant, followed the Cisco model from the start: It has no factories of its own.
Also, even if the Siri data is not linked directly to users, people should be careful about what they say to their personal digital assistant.
The two companies are pushing for a new class of machines that combine the power of a personal computer and the portability of a personal digital assistant.
This might be relevant for an application for a specific device, such as a personal digital assistant, on which the BBC could not justify spending licence fee money.
The device is described as slightly larger than an iPaq-- Hewlett-Packard 's (nyse: HPQ - news - people ) flagship personal digital assistant--and easy to carry around.
Included: a palmtop computer (touted as the smallest Windows-based PC), a DVD player and a personal digital assistant that is phone, fax, modem, pager and electronic organizer all in one.
The universal communicator is a mobile phone that also has onboard personal digital assistant functions, a video camera, several different wireless technologies and can stream audio and video to other devices.
Not only does the OS bring in billions in profits, it provides users with a familiar interface, whether it is on their PC, personal digital assistant, set-top box, Tablet PC or cell phone.
On top of that, every evening store managers consult a personal digital assistant to check what new designs are available and to place their orders according to what they think will sell best to their customers.
The filing elaborates on Apple's earlier filings, explaining how this digital assistant furthers the users' demands with additional requests for speech-based information -- hopefully resulting in that map location or a movie booking you were after.
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In an application with the U.S. Patent Office published in December 2007, Apple described a wireless system that would allow customers to place an order at a store using a wireless device such as a media player, a wireless personal digital assistant or a cellphone.
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The fact is the marketplace is littered with dozens of novelty watches, all of which tell time well, and which do such things as receive Global Positioning Systems signals, change the channel on TV sets, take pictures and store contact lists like a personal digital assistant.
Because it boots up in a few seconds, rather than thinking of the Acer as a mini laptop it might make more sense to view it as a beefed-up personal digital assistant, such as an old PalmPilot or Psion, but with a better screen and a proper keyboard.
Digital personal assistant Seer Inc. recently used the ErliBird service to find bugs and promote its app among early adopters, says Joe Laws, the New York-based company's chief technology officer.
Signal to Noise (January 15), a late-night art party, organized by Assistant Curator of Digital Media Jason Eppink, in which artists, hackers, musicians, and filmmakers activate every area of the Museum with live electronic music, moving image performances, and interactive art.
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Kraft has had successes with digital media and content plays, including the iFood Assistant app and the Big Fork, Little Fork iPad app.
Dragon's latest enhancements further evolve the personal assistant experience with new anticipatory capabilities that showcase the true potential of our digital wingmen.
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Their Diabetes Management Assistant (DIMA) is a wearable computer system with wireless communication including a glucose meter, digital camera and pedometer.
On a recent school district visit I had an assistant superintendent tell me that her school system better figure out how to meet the needs of these digital learners because they have access to so many free resources and experts and she fears that their institution might soon be obsolete.
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