Using PDAs as Inexpensive Handhelds

Say goodbye to the brickFirst question, just to get it out of the way, is what is a PDA? Short for personal digital assistant, it's just a consumer-grade off-the-shelf handheld like a Palm Pilot, HP Jornada, or a Compaq iPaq, among other brands. They are made for the masses, therefore they aren't ruggedized and they are very cheap (in the $350-$600 range, as opposed to a traditional commercial handheld in the $2,000-$6,000 range). It should be noted that traditional handheld