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Handheld computing in dentistry

Dental Clinics of North America, 2002
Handheld computer sales are increasing rapidly in the United States and worldwide. The convenience and communication features will continue to improve and become commonplace in our lives. Using a handheld computer in the dental environment is efficient and potentially aids the dentist in delivering a higher standard of care to patients.
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Power Consumption in Handheld Computers

APCCAS 2006 - 2006 IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems, 2006
While the computing requirements of mobile battery-powered systems in general are increasing, it is clear that advances in battery technology have not kept pace with the ever increasing energy demands of these devices. Researchers are exploring architectural, hardware, software and system level optimization techniques to minimize the overall energy ...
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Clinical and Educational Uses of Handheld Computers

Southern Medical Journal, 2003
Handheld computers, also known as personal digital assistants (PDAs), are becoming an increasingly valuable aid to physicians at the point of care. We review the use of handheld computers and their impact in clinical practice and medical education. Clinicians commonly use PDAs to access patient data and as a clinical reference tool.
Dario M, Torre, Scott M, Wright
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Designing collaborative games on handheld computers

ACM SIGGRAPH 2003 Sketches & Applications, 2003
Although gaming devices such as the Cybiko and Nintendo’s Gameboy allow for competitive play via radio link or cable, there has not yet been a single commercial game released for handheld computers that can be played synchronously by two or more players over a wireless network connection.
Johan Sanneblad, Lars Erik Holmquist
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Designing interfaces for handheld computers

CHI '99 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems - CHI '99, 1999
With the handheld computer finally becoming mainstream, there is a need for designers to become informed about the tips and techniques necessary to design effective handheld applications. Many designers are unfamiliar with the unique requirements of handheld computers, and therefore attempt to use desktop metaphors on their designs.
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Guest editors' introduction - Handheld computing

Computer, 2003
The increasing consumer use of handholds has paralleled an Increase in research addressing technology Issues related to these devices and their potential use in novel applications.
Myers, B. A., Beigl, M.
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Handheld Computer Software for School Nurses

The Journal of School Nursing, 2005
School nurses used computers in the 1980s, the Internet in the 1990s, and are embracing handheld computers in the first decade of the 21st century to improve their practice. The purpose of this article is to provide information about handheld computers and software applications that school nurses can use in day-to-day, emergency, and disaster ...
Martha Dewey Bergren, Elizabeth Ann Murphy   +1 more
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Choosing a Handheld Computer: PDAs, MDAs, and the Alphabet Soup of Handheld Computers

2005
Handheld computers have exploded onto the medical scene. It’s a time of transformation, in which PDA no longer means “public display of affection,” but rather “personal digital assistant.” Already, the processing power and information storage (hundreds of megabytes!) that can fit in your pocket is astounding.As the technology advances in leaps and ...
Scott M. Strayer, Mark H. Ebell
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A computation offloading scheme on handheld devices

Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, 2004
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Cheng Wang 0019, Zhiyuan Li 0001
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Handheld Computing and J2ME Programming for Mobile Handheld Devices

2009
Mobile commerce or m-commerce is defined as the exchange or buying and selling of commodities, services, or information on the Internet through the use of Internet-enabled mobile handheld devices (Hu, Lee, & Yeh, 2004). It is expected to be the next milestone after electronic commerce blossoming in the late-1990s.
Wen-Chen Hu, Jyh-haw Yeh, I-Lung Kao, Yapin Zhong   +3 more
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