mLearning: Mobile Learning and Performance in the Palm of Your Hand

Chapter Two:

Wireless Overview

So why look at mobile, handheld, and wireless technologies at all? What do they have to do with learning?

Let’s review a few key trends. In 2005, the year of this writing, The Gartner Group expects wireless headsets to reach one billion units in circulation, outnumbering televisions and personal computers combined. Gartner also estimates that more than 75 million handheld PDAs are now in use (Gartner, 2005).

This impressive surge in the use of such technologies necessitates an overview of the various types of PDAs that are on the market.

Review of PDA Technologies

Thanks to scheduling and contact management functions, the PDA has been highly successful and has a significant installed user base in both the United ...