Tiny Technology Comes to the Aid of College Administrators.

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      The article focuses on college administrators in the U.S. and their fetish for new wireless technology. Like many other top college administrators, Jo Ann M. Gora, president of Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, is practically addicted to her hand-held computer, which keeps her hooked into campus e-mail wherever she goes. The earliest PDA's, such as the Palm Pilot, were hand-held computers that allowed the user to take notes using a special writing stylus but did not offer wireless access to e-mail or cellphone services. Since then, the technology has evolved to include wireless capabilities that can work with campus networks to send and receive e-mail. In January 2006 Palm unveiled its Treo 700w smartphone, which has a color screen, a keyboard, and a cellphone. INSET: A PDA Buyer's Guide for Academic Road Warriors.