Okay, so your PDA probably can’t run your home business. But you can run your home business using a PDA. Jean Murray over at Home Biz Notes has written an excellent post about the pros and cons of having your PDA as your primary mode of doing business. And it can be rather helpful, for the following reasons:

* You can keep all the information you need in one place that’s easy for you to access.

* You can easily address work-related issues while you are away.

* Your PDA can be outfitted with mobile versions of different software programs that you use for your business.

Of course, there are drawbacks: What happens when you lose your PDA? It has everything on it. I figure that I’d sync it up to a laptop, and keep the main stuff on the laptop. If my home business stuff was really involved, I’d also use an online data backup service — just to be sure.

At any rate, right now the only thing I use a PDA for is to check my email while I’m traveling. But I have dream of having my own laptop (not using my husband’s for emergencies) and my own PDA at some point, and when that happens, I’ll truly be mobile.