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T h is p ap^{e r} wi ll des cri be both th e p ^otenti al u s e s of P alm O S h an d held com p^ute r s a s m ul 也m edia

le ar ning platfo r m sin lang^{u a}gê êdu c a也o n_, a s w ell a s r e c e nt dev elop ^{m e n}ts in th e ap plic atio ns of h an d hel d c o mpute r s in edu c atio nal ad m in istr ati o n . Re c ent p^{r o}g^{r e}^s^s in h an d held c o mpûte rs desi_gn

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n d fu n ctio n al i_ty, o v e ral l data sto r agê^, âⁿ d th e abili_{t y t}o e xp ^{o r}t an d sto r e s e v e ral di ffe r e nt fo rm ats of P C doc^{u m} eⁿts fo r us e on P al m O S hand hel d c o mpûter s cle arl_y de m onstr ate th at th ey hol d a g^r^{e a}t deal ofpr o mi s e^.T h ispâp^{e r} ^w 山atte m p t t^{o s}how th ep^{r o}g^{r e s s} th atha sbe e n m ade in th ep^{a s}t y^{e a}^r ô^r

s o, a s w ell a s elab o r ate up ^{o n} th e p^{r o}gr e s s th ^at n e edsto be m ade in o rde rto r e a ch th e stag^e ^wh e r e

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h ey c an t rul_y fu n cti o n a s u s efu l m ul ti m ediale a n in _{g p}latfo rm s in 1an g^{u a}gê êdu c ati o n . m e n _, th e u s e of h an d held c o m pûte r s a s data c olle ctio n to ols fo r ad mi nistr ado n in c o nJ û^m ^Ctio n wi th Stude nt A d mi mi str ativ e S_yste m s an d w eb site s th at c an be c o ntin u o u sl_y updated an d ac c ess ed b_y students_,

fa cul_ty, an d oth e r s wi th _pr ope r a c c e s s wi n be de s cri bed^.

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Pe rs o nal D igi^tâ^{l A}^s ^sⁱ^s^t âⁿ^t(^{P D A})^; ê^,^b^{o o}^k^; ^Pô^r^tâ^blê ^D ^{o c u} ^{m e n}^t ^Fô ^r^m â^t(^{P D F})

2^･O T h e Pr e s e nt G e n e r atio n of Hand h el d C o m p^u^t^{e r s} & S oftw a r e

D uring the la st y ê^{a r} to tw o y ^{e a}^{r s}, Palm O S hand h el d c o m p ûte r s hav e m ade g^{r e a}t stri de s in p^{r o} ^{c e} ^{s s o r} ^sp^{e e}d, gôing fro m a n averagê ôf ab o ut 3 3 M H z to a h igh ô^f â^r ^{o u n}d 4 0 0 M H z.

C o n c o mitantl_y, inte rn al m e m ory fo r ap plic ations an d data sto r age ^w e nt & o m 8 M egab_{y t}e s toits

p ^{r e}^s^{e n}t m a x of 6 4 M eg âb_{y t}e s in Palm ^'s h igh ^{e s}t pric ed u nit_, th e T un gsteⁿ C ^. T he qûah_ty of I.C D d isplay ^s, a s w ell a s cr o s s^‑platfo rm c o mpâti bili_ty wi th W indo ws P C s oft wa re ha s also im p^r^{o v e}d dr am a也cal 1_y^.

n e e m e rg^{e n} ^{c e} ôf B lu eto oth an d W ir ele s s F i deli_ty ^‑ t^w o ne w wi r eles s p^rôto c ols fo r h an d hel d de vices ^‑ h a si mp ^{r o v}êd th eir c o n n e ctivi_{t y t}o pêri_phe ral de^vic e s, othe r P C^'s and the h tern et.

H an d hel ds c om pâti ble wi th both wi r ele s s st an d ar ds ar e also begi ^{n n}ⁱⁿ ^{g t}ô ^{e m e r}gê^, â^s â^{r e} h_yb ri d P D A/^{c e}ll_pho n e s li ke H an dspring

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s Tr e o 6 0 0. Ea ch of th e s e wi r ele s s pr oto c ols ai m s to gi ^{v e} ^t^h ^e

ne xt g^eⁿ^{e r a}tio n of h an d hel ds s o m e k in d oftelepho ny c ap abi li_{t y} a s ^w ell, but in al 1 h keh h ood, th e

G S M/^{G P R S} ^{c e}^llpho n e data p^{r o}to c ol u s ed b_y th e Tr e o 6 0 0 is th e be st choic e fo rp^{r o}vi d in _g wi r ele s s

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nte rn et c on ne cti vi ty ^w^{i t}^h ^tê^lêph ony âⁿ d a fu 11_y 血n ctional hand held c o m pûte r. W l^‑Fi, wh ich r oute s telepho n e cal 1s th r o u gh ^t^h ê ^h ^tê^r^{n e}^t âⁿ ^{d h} ^{a s}^b^{e e n} ^h^{e a}^v^{i l}y hy pêd a s th e wave of th e futu r e but se e m

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2 3 0 ^{C h r}ⁱ^s^tô^{p h}^{e r}^C^{o v e}^y ^･ ^Tê^t^{s u}^yâ ^Fû^jⁱ^tâ

c ell_ph o n e p^r^oto c olsli ke G S M /G P R S^.

M uld m edia edu c ati o n al c o nte nt de sign ed sp ^{e c}i五c all_yfo rP D As h as beg^{u n} to e m e rge,butin a fo r m

that is gr e atly limited by the la ck of sto r agê ^{c a}p ^{a c}ity ^. ^C ^{o m} ^p^li^{c a}^tê^d âⁿ^{d d}ê^vⁱ^{c e} ^s^p^{e c}îfi^c ^dâ^tâ

c o m pr e s sio n s ch e m e s to sto r el argê ^{a u}dio fi1e s fo r s elf^‑stud_y l an g ûâgê ^stud_y h a v e b e e n u s ed wi th 1itdê ^{o r} ^{n o} ^m â^r ket p^{e n e}tr ati o n fo r th e n e w p^{r o}du^cts･ In th e opinion of th e a uth o r th is ^sh o ws th e

pote n也al fo r m ul ti m ed ia on h an d helds,but al s o p^r^ovi de s a cle ar illustr atio n of itsp^re^{s e n}tli mitati o n s･

n e a uth o r ha s fiel d te sted a v ari ety ^o^f ^ap plic atio n s th at al lo w u s e r sto po rt do c u m e nts c r e ated o n

w l n do w sP Csto th e P al ^m an d vi c e v e r s a. W ith o ut a do ubt th e slicke st an d m o st u s efu lap plic atio n s uite fo r th is p^{u r}p^{o s e}is v e r sioⁿ 6 of ^"D o c u m e ntsto G o

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(^w ^{o r}^{d P}^{e r}^f^{e c}^t^, ^{R T F} ^, ^Q ^{u a}^t^{r o} ^P ^{r o}^, ^Lê ^t^{u s} ^{1 2}³^, ê^t^c)^. ^{A u} ^t^hê ^s^t^{a n}^d^{a r}^{d M i}^{c r o s o}^f^t ^{P C} ^p ^{r o}^g^{r a m} ^s ^{a r e}

s up po rted_; th is al s o in clude s M ic r o s oft O utlo ok a nd Po w e rP oint･ Al l of th e ap plic atio n s th at th e auth o r u sed w o rked w ell, with the c a v e at that the w o rd _pr o c e s sing ^{s o}ftw a r e te nded to c r a sh

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,it sho uld be p^ointed out th at th e se cra she s onl_y r eq^uir ed s oft res ets･ wh ich

di d n ot r e s ultin an ylos s of data o r an yth ing ^{m o r e} th an a minorin c o n venie n c e^. T he m aj^{o r}ⁱ^s^{s u e}ⁱⁿ

u sin _g both th e P al m O S v ersio n of W ^{o r}d an d Excel w a s th at, while th e tr^aⁿ ^sfe r of fi1e fo rm atdng ba ck an d fo rth betw e e n both platfo r m s u s ual l_y w e nt s m o oth ly, o c c a sio nal _pr oble m s wi th fo nts an d im ag^{e s} ^{w e r e} e n c o u nte r ed ^･ Iⁿ spite of th is_,‑itis fe a si ble to a s s u m e th at t･ he inhe r e nt bug^s

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s oft ^w ^{訂 e} ^{a S} ^{W e}ll a s M obile W o rd an d M obil^e Ex c el wi ll be c o r r e cted iⁿ sh o rt

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w lth o ut a do ubt, th e m o st si_gnific ant de v elop ^{m e n}tin ter m s of h an d hel d c o m pûter s oftw ar e w a s th e e m e rgêⁿ^{c e} ôf a versioⁿ of A dob e Acrob at Re aderfor th e Palm _, and s e verよl othe r hand h el d

op^{e r}â血_g sy^stem s^･ ¶¹is s oftw ar e_, which op ê^râte s on th e P C , p^{r e}p â^r ^{e s} A dobe do cu m e nts an d ê^‑ book s to be vie w ed o n h an d h êlds^. T h is dev elop ^m ^{e n}t, c o upled wi th th e cr e ation of _prop^rieta^ry h an d hel d r e ade r s oftw ar ê 打o m P al m and oth e rs,ha sin c r e a s ed th ê ûti li_ty of h an d held c o mpûters by

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l l of th is e^‑b 6ok r e ader s^oft w ar e has s ud de nl_y created an e xistiⁿg li br ary ^of th o us an ds of books a

n d an alm . st un1i mi ted ^{n u} ^mbe r of do c u m e nts d tte nin A dobe P D F O^'^{o r}^tâ^blê ^D ^{o c u m} ^{e n}^t^F ô^上^{m a}^t)^.

D ue to th e fa ct th at c r ea 血g â P D F fr o m M ic r osoft W o rd o r m an y ôth e rl_{w o r}d _pr o c e s s o r s/de sktop p ûb lish in _{g p}r og^r â^m ^sis in c r edi bl_y simple_,it stan ds to r ea s o n th at te xtbook _p ub lisher s c o uld e a sil_y

start to o#e r both P D F an d tr adi tio n al h â^rdc op y ^v^{e r s}ion of c ollegê ô^rh igh ^{s c}^h^{o o}^l^tê^x^ぬ^{o o}^k^s^･ ^¶^lⁱ^s

de v elop ^m ^{e n}t m ake sit alm ostiⁿevitable th at at s o m e ti m e in th e fu tu r e, si_gnific an t n u mbe rs of

stude nts wi ll begi ⁿ ^tô ^c^h^{o o}^{s e} ^tô ^bû^y ^t^h êⁱ^r^tê^x^t^b^{o o}^k^s ⁱⁿ ^{A d}ô^bê ^{P D F f}ô ^{r m a}^t ⁱⁿ^s^t^{e a}^d ô^f â^t^{r a}^did^{o n}â^l

h a rdc op y t^e^x ぬo ok ^.