[Year 12 SofDev] PDA vs Mobile phone in Q C6

[Mark Kelly]

Kevin Feely wrote:
> Hi
> I think the trouble may be - When is a mobile phone not a PDA or When is 
> a PDA not a mobile phone
> Define the difference between the 2 and i think we will have a result
> Modern phones are practically PDA's - you would have to go back 5 years 
> t find phones unable to do PDA tasks
> todays phones can upload and download PC programs, have memory, 
> processing and storage facilities incl calendars, contacts, scheduling, 
> appointments etc
> doesnt help does it?
> kev

Nope  :-)  But thanks for trying!

That's the problem. Technology has marched on faster than the examiners 
could keep up.  Nowadays, phone = PDA, near as dammit.

> 
> Mark Kelly wrote:
>> I'm having trouble trying to find 2 advantages for mobile phones that 
>> I haven't already used for the PDA (data immediacy, convenient size, 
>> long battery life etc)
>>
>> I don't know what the examiners would do if I repeated the PDA's 
>> advantages for the phone, but I'm trying not to repeat myself just in 
>> case.
>>
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