pPDA
pPDA is a term that can refer to several different concepts, most commonly a personal digital assistant, often abbreviated as PDA. PDAs were a category of mobile devices that functioned as a personal information manager. They typically featured a touchscreen display, a stylus for input, and the ability to store and manage contacts, calendars, notes, and tasks. Early PDAs ran on proprietary operating systems, but later models adopted platforms like Palm OS, Windows Mobile, and eventually became integrated into early smartphones. They served as precursors to modern smartphones, offering a portable computing experience before the widespread adoption of the internet on mobile devices.
In some contexts, pPDA might also be a typographical error or a less common abbreviation. For instance,