Thesis (M.S.)--University of Florida, 2002. / Title from title page of source document. Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references.

This article provides an evaluation and overview of the Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) version of the evidence-based medicine database, InfoRetriever. Both the Pocket PC and Palm OS version are evaluated in this article. Topics covered are the access and installation of InfoRetriever for both PDA operating systems, the design and interface of InfoRetriever, the ease of access of the database contents, and its importance as a tool for point-of-care medicine.

Conception of mobility and mobile workplace is analyzing into theoretic part of Master Thesis. Survey of devices and software for installing of mobile workplace, Lithuanian companies inculcated mobile decisions are presented as well. Objective of practical part is fit-out of mobile workplace in Stock company ��Siauliu energija”. Activity of company’s departments was analyzed for this objective achieving and was found that “mobile” and “manual” work is mostly conspicuous in subscription office, where work nature determines that workers most of time spend not in company, but outside. Exactly for this reason subscription office was chosen for fit-out of mobile workplace. After comprehensive analysis of subscription office work few prototypes of task solution were created, from which workers chose their mobile workplace device - Personal Digital Assistant (PDA). For this device with installed Palm OS operating system was written program for input of indications from Thermal registers, module for data transfer from PDA to desk computer and these data import to existing accounting system. There were calculated possibilities and time of this technology payback and future alternatives for getting data from thermal registers were reviewed. The results gained from literature analysis and at stage of programmable product creation are basis for conclusions and suggestions, which form the last part of the Thesis.

Wireless is getting more important and popular because its convenience and portability make things easier. The goal of this project is to develop a mobile vehicle application called MOBILE USED CAR PRICES AND INFORMATION and this application will provide the prices and information for clients. The client can use their Palm handheld devices to read the prices and information whenever they want to check.

This thesis deals with the development problems and creating of the multi- purpose hardware platform, which supports operating system Linux. It is focused on the microprocessors using ARM architecture with architecture ARM7, ARM9 and ARM11. The scope of the first part of this thesis was searching the sales of available 32 bit ARM microprocessors. The second part is attended to a particular Mini2440 development kit, its animation and the subsequent development of the kernel drivers for OS Linux platform. One of this thesis details was also the development of my own expansive hardware module and a capacity keypad for a usage with Mini2440 developmental kit.