PDA Games: Cheap and Available

Your handheld computer can be your best friend - it organizes your life, allows you to do work or personal business remotely, and may even act as a phone, camera, or personal recorder. But it can also make your life enjoyable. PDA games are available on and offline, as freeware, shareware, or commercial programs, and offer a wide array of choices.

Starting with strategy games, you can download games like chess, checkers, or crossword-type puzzles for free. Not only do games like this entertain you in boring places, but by keeping your mind busy, they can even ward off senility and make you smarter. If you want other games like Risk or Monopoly, you'll be able to find downloads for these as well, but you'll probably have to pay for them.

Gambling games are available by the ton for your handheld computer. You can find good versions of casino, solitaire, blackjack, and slots for no charge online, as well as commercial versions of each as well. You don't have to play by yourself either. You can beam game data to a friend, if you want to play cards with a human, or you can go online if your computer is capable of it and if you're in a wireless hot spot.

You can also play role-playing games-the ones where you get to be the character and tell him what to do-or you can play handheld computer versions of old favorites like classic Atari and Nintendo games. Whatever you like to play, there is PDA software out there for you. All you need to do is shop around.