iPAQ Accessories: Making Life Even Easier

With a handheld computer like an iPAQ, accessories can really maximize your efficiency. For instance, pocket computers aren't really equipped for people with large fingers or a lack of hand-eye coordination to type on, and no one can type fast on the existing small pad or touch screen pad. Add a folding keyboard about the size of a regular laptop keyboard that will work with your handheld computer to the PDA case, and you care set to type easily from anywhere. An even more nifty solution is a laser-projected keyboard that tracks the movement of your fingers to determine what you're typing, converts the information into data that your PDA can read and save.

You might be surprised as some of the other accessories that are available. A card can be added to your handheld computer that will give you GPS capability, ensuring you never again get lost. A 802.11b or Bluetooth add on can give you wireless capability, which makes adding cell phone capabilities sounds like the next logical step to maximizing on the potential of your PDA. With wireless headphone and mike attachment, your handheld computer becomes a telephone, an MP3 player, and an entertainment center.

Protect your investment with a padded case for your handheld computer, or pick up a belt clip to keep it handy, a car mount to keep the PDA close by for voice-activated phone calls and GPS purposes, or car power adapters and hotsync wires. Because the touch screen gets damaged relatively quickly, a screen protector - a static sheet you simply press over the screen - can protect it from pressure damage and scratching caused by normal use.

With PDA accessories, you can maximize the efficiency of your handheld computer as well as the pleasure you get out of it and often for a surprisingly low price.