According to the Associated Press (via Engadget), the U.S. Census Bureau did a big PDA project with Harris Corp. and HTC, and it hasn't gone too well. So they're ditching the PDAs, and going back to paper.
My own experience tells me that pencil and paper still outperforms digital tools in many situations. Voting, ticketing, inspections, punchlisting, etc. etc.
Now maybe that won't last forever. As the tools improve, perhaps this will change. But for now, I'm not surprised to see (another) high-profile field-handheld trial go up in flames. I just wish it wasn't taking $3 billion of taxpayer money with it...
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