7 Ways to use your PDA

1. Remind you of events Meetings, birthdays, anniversaries : you never have to memorise them, thanks to Date Book (Calendar). Set an alarm 2-3 days before the event to give you plenty of time to send a card, arrange dinner, buy a gift, or plan a getaway. 2. Keep connected Put all your contact information in your Address Book (Contacts). Instantly lookup an address when you need it. Even better, jot down your impressions of that person immediately after a meeting for next time. 3. Replace your business card. If you meet someone else with a Palm, beam (send) over your business card via Infra Red or Bluetooth. You can add as much information as you like, and you save your counterpart some work. 4. Be prepared Keep all the notes and information about a potential customer in your Palm before a meeting. Store all product or service info so you never have to say "I'll get back to you on that". 5. Fill up your spare time A large portion of the workday is wasted waiting - for a client, for a colleague, for a traffic jam to clear up. Download an ebook or two, and those Internet articles. 6. Arrange priorities Keep a to do list of all your objectives and things to do. 7. Do it now Send an email, draft a follow up letter, create a proposal. Jot down your ideas down and do it now. It's harder to leave things unfinished once you've started on them. I wrote this five years ago. All seven points are still valid today, perhaps more than ever. The PDA has now transformed into the smartphone, and almost all mobile phones now have organizer-like functionality. Like it or not, the runaway success of Jeff Dubinsky's original Palm Pilot PDA has changed the lives of a whole lot of people. Tags: PDA Palm