Comparing Pda Phones

HANDHELD CELL PHONES

Introduction

With cell phones and wireless laptops becoming almost as necessary to society as food and shelter, it's no surprise that in today's fast-paced society, where more people rely on new and innovative technologies, inventions that people wouldn't have dreamed of living without years ago are fast disappearing from the American landscape.  
The cell phone and pay-phone industries, for example, are undergoing big changes.   A report by the Federal Communications Commission said that there were about 1.3 million pay phones in the country in 2004, compared with 2.1 million in 1997.   BellSouth has moved completely out of the pay-phone business and other local telephone companies are no longer installing pay phones, said Vincent Townsend, the president of the association and Pay-Tel Communications, a pay-phone provider in Greensboro (Way we Communicate 2006).   Today, pay phones are available generally at convenience stores and to a lesser degree at malls and hotels.   Historically, the big users of pay phones have been transient business people, including sales and delivery people.   But that portion of the population uses cell phones today, Townsend said.   Experts said that between 30 percent and 50 percent of U.S. residents are still without cell phones.   "It's something that is considered easier," she said. "There are things with a lot more memory.   Products have become smarter in a sense." (Way we Communicate 2006)

Purposes of the Study
In response to our sudden increase of sales and demand for our products and the increasing need for technology in a profitable business, we have discussed the implementation of PDA's or web-accessible cell phones for use by our salespeople and those on the go.   Those who are in favor of this proposal endorse the idea because of; improved communication with customers, easy access to web, mobile office capabilities, and an added sales tool.   They state that, "As the business world becomes more... [continues]

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