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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: PDA

PDA stories: 2 news summaries

 5 Gizmos Nixed by Cellphones 


Nov 17, 08 7:54 PM CST
(Newser) - Cellphones have sent five once-hot gadgets to the techno graveyard, Wired reports:
  • The PDA: Dating back to the Psion Organizer 24 years ago, PDAs enabled busy folk to schedule meetings, keep addresses, and type notes. Only when cellphones included good calendars did PDAs die off.
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cell phones • digital camera • PDA • notebooks

Use Your Cell Phone as a Boarding Pass

Houston pilot program said to add security, save paper

Dec 4, 07 2:29 PM CST
(Newser) - Passengers flying Continental out of Houston today will be able to use their cellphone or PDA in lieu of a boarding pass as part of a three-month pilot program, USA Today reports. After checking in, an encrypted barcode is sent to passengers’ mobile handsets, which is scanned by a TSA... More »

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cell phones • airline industry • TSA • Continental Airlines • Air Canada • boarding pass • PDA

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