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Sites devoted to the largely forgotten Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) and related software.

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PDAdb.net

Content: ****  Usability: XXX
pdadb.net/m/ (xhtml-mp)

Big database of detailed specs for PDAs, SmartPhones and other handheld/pocket-sized mobile devices. Source: Oh! Mobile Directory


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pdaBlast

Content: ***1/2  Usability: XXXXX
www.pdablast.com/mobile/ (HTML5)
PDA news, rumors and new product announcements
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Handheld Underground

Content: ****1/2  Usability: XXX
www.handheldunderground.com/ (HTML5)

A site devoted to HPC's or "Handheld PCs" which were clamshell PDA's with a QWERTY keyboard running the Windows CE OS. HPC's were manufactured from 1996 to 2000. The site features articles, links to HPC resources and downloads of wallpapers, eBooks, audio books, videos and maps which can be viewed with the Pocket Streets application which can also be downloaded from the site.


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TuxMobile

Content: ***  Usability: XX
tuxmobil.org/z/ (HTML5)
A site devoted to LInux on mobile devices - laptops, cellphones an pdas. Unfortunately, the links to most of the pda and phone specific pages are broken in the mobile edition although they work in the desktop edition
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It's a QR (Quick Response) Code containing the URL of WapReview Mobile. Snap it with your phone's QR Code reader to go to the WapReview mobile site.

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Content - 0-5 *'s indicating the quality of the site's writing, depth, timeliness and accuracy.

Usability - 0-5 X's indicating the usability of the site on a mobile device, based on ease and intuitivness of navigation and lack of excessive scrolling through ads etc. to reach main content.