Profile: Jeff Hawkins, creator of personal digital assistants

From: All Things Considered (NPR) | Date: December 20, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

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Profile: Jeff Hawkins, creator of personal digital assistants

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There's been fierce competition this year among handheld computers, or personal digital assistants, as they're often called. Microsoft is promoting its PDA, Pocket PC; Palm is pushing its Pilot; and the upstart Handspring is selling its Visor. The creator of the Visor, Jeff Hawkins is not a newcomer. He invented the Palm Pilot and ...

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