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Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) is an electronic device that may have features of a cell phone, computer, camera and music player. The features and quality vary among vendors, products and price.

When purchasing a PDA is it important and advisable to identify your needs from your wants before contacting a vendor. Review the information provided by vendors at http://telecom.mcmaster.ca/mobileservices.cfm. You are advised to contact the vendors for the latest package and pricing which may not be reflected on the web.

McMaster Corporate Calendar is a calendar and scheduling software application that can be used to schedule events, resources and tasks with users across McMaster University in order to coordinate meetings at convenient times, as well as receive reminders before scheduled meetings. Fee Information & Account Registration . Corporate Calendar can be viewed on your PDA via an HTML Web Browser on your device at https://calendar.mcmaster.ca.

 

Palm Handheld devices and McMaster's Corporate Calendar
Corporate Sync is the program provided by Corporate Calendar which allows communication and updates between Palm Pilots and the Corporate Calendar server. Once installed on the palm unit, this program allows synchronizing of "To Do" lists, events and address books. The Calendar sync client is available at https://caldepot.mcmaster.ca/.

Palm LifeDrive Mobile Manager	Oracle Sync client 10.1.2
Palm Treo 650	Oracle Sync client 10.1.2
Palm Tungsten TX	Oracle Sync client 9.0
Palm Tungsten E2	Oracle Sync client 9.0
Palm Z22	Oracle Sync client 9.0
Palm Treo 600	Oracle Sync client 9.0
Palm M550	Oracle Sync client 9.0

To learn more about the Palm unit see http://www.palm.com/ca/products/.

BlackBerry devices and McMaster's Corporate Calendar
Option 1
Corporate Calendar can be viewed on your BlackBerry device via an HTML Web Browser on your device at https://calendar.mcmaster.ca.

Option 2
Alternatively, Corporate Calendar is available through a sync client for the BlackBerry. The only data synced is 2 weeks past and 2 months forward. For more information, please see Corporate Calendar.

Currently, the sync client works on the following models:
Rogers 8700r
Rogers 7290
Telus 7520

 

Pocket PC devices McMaster Corporate Calendar
Option 1
There is a Corporate sync program by Corporate Calendar which allows communication and updates between Pocket PC devices and the Corporate Calendar server. Once installed on the pda unit, this program allows synchronizing of "To Do" lists, events and address books. The Calendar sync client is available at https://caldepot.mcmaster.ca/. This is an unsupported application.

Option 2
Alternatively, if your device has wireless capability, Corporate Calendar can be viewed on your BlackBerry device via an HTML Web Browser on your device at https://calendar.mcmaster.ca.