January 9, 1992: Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)

PDA

1992 – Technically a Smartphone is a Personal Digital Assistant. You can thank John Scully, CEO of Apple on that term. He coined it in reference to Apple joining the market by years end. Older known Personal Digital Assistants included Newton (Apple), Palm III (Palm), Handspring, Jordana, iPaq and more.Wikazine – Full show notes for January 9

• Mac OS X is unveiled
• Ask.com reorganizes – CEO Jim Lanzone steps down
• Verizon finishes acquisition of Alltel for $27.5 Billion