Microsoft® Exchange Server 2003 Unleashed

Leveraging a Low-Cost PDA Instead of an Expensive Tablet

With the release of the tablet PC in the past several years, many organizations have been reconsidering the use of pen-based technology for business applications. Although pen technologies have been used for years in hospitals, warehouses, and freighting companies, the devices have been focused at very specific tasks in a limited number of industries. However with tablet PCs, an organization can build forms in Microsoft Word or Access and can easily have users fill them in using a pen input device without complicated programming and application development.

Unfortunately, tablet PCs are typically more expensive than normal laptop computers, increasing the cost of input device computing. ...