Some text messaging products are beginning to offer voice and video chat. The future of digital communication is an integrated product, since voice, video, interactive text messaging, and e-mail are all effective means of communication. In future, you will be able to switch between text, voice, and video with ease. Until then, we will continue to use different methods for different communication needs :-(

Glossary

:-)	Smiley face. Means that someone is happy
;-)	Smiley face with wink.
:-(	If someone sends you this in an e-mail, they’re probably not having a good day
BTW	By Way
FYI	For Your Information
FWIW	For What It’s Worth
IMHO	In My Humble Opinion (or IMO)
TIA	Thanks in Advance
WRT	With Respect To
LOL	Laughing Out Loud
ROTFL	Rolling on Floor Laughing
AFK	Away From Keyboard
TTYL	Talk To You Later
CYA	See You Later

The two basic types of PDAs are Palm and Windows Mobile devices. The Palm Pilot was first PDA available and its operation is very intuitive; some compared it to Macintosh. Windows Mobile devices run an operating system very similar to Windows on desktop computers. Although Windows Mobile offers advanced features, its interface is still somewhat difficult to navigate in comparison to Palm.

When purchasing a PDA, make sure that programs on PDA are compatible with programs on your computer. Test out different models, with keyboard and with handwriting recognition, to see which one fits your preferences best. Also consider which application you will be using most. If you plan on using your PDA primarily for e-mail, get a PDA with a good keyboard and good battery life. If you plan on taking digital photos, your main concern should be quality of digital camera and screen.