Those of you who are regulars at the MHSIG / CIPSIG workshops at the Annual General Meeting of the Royal College may (fondly?) remember the PDA workshops Matt Evans and I used to facilitate …
Charlie Stross thinks the PDA is dead, its functions having been eaten away by Netbooks (cheap little laptops) and by mobile phones. He has some good arguments. See his post here.
http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2008/12/and_then_i_woke_up_and_it_was.html
There’s been a fair bit about PDAs over the years in various health informatics books for the general readership. It might be that they have certain advantages for doctors, especially psychiatrists. I found that the ability to take them into secure environments like prisons helpful (something you can’t do with any device which has a mobile phone).
What do people think?
Fionnbar Lenihan
June 7, 2009 at 11:10 am |
well I would take great exception to this especially as I see my own PDA as my transitional object!! (2nd one technically after “Teddy”, who my son plays with now!).
I have to say that although a little clunky and bulky there is no better diary out there than the palm one. Google is ok and I await to see how this will be better encorporated into the newer android machines.
for now my trusty T5 remains by my side!! (well – it’s too big to fit in my pocket, you see)