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===Wireless connectivity=== Most PDAs use Bluetooth, a popular wireless protocol for mobile devices. Bluetooth can be used to connect keyboards, headsets, [[Global Positioning System|GPS receivers]], and other nearby accessories. It is also possible to transfer files between PDAs that have Bluetooth. Multiple PDAs have Wi-Fi wireless network connectivity and can connect to Wi-Fi hotspots.<ref name="MC55A0">{{cite web |title=MC55A0 Rugged Wi-Fi Enterprise Mobile Computer |url=https://www.motorola.com/Business/US-EN/Business+Product+and+Services/Mobile+Computers/Handheld+Computers/MC55A0 |access-date=26 January 2013 |archive-date=1 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501003031/http://www.motorola.com/Business/US-EN/Business+Product+and+Services/Mobile+Computers/Handheld+Computers/MC55A0 |url-status=dead }}</ref> All smartphones, and some other PDAs, can connect to [[wireless wide area network]]s, such as those provided by cellular telecommunications companies. Older PDAs, from the 1990s to 2006, typically had an [[IrDA]] ([[infrared]]) port allowing short-range, line-of-sight wireless communication. Few later models used this technology, as it had been supplanted by Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. IrDA allows communication between two PDAs, or between a PDA and any device with an IrDA port or adapter. Some contemporary printers have IrDA receivers,<ref>For example: {{cite web|url=http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=bpl02556|title=HP LaserJet 5P and 5MP Printers β Product Specifications|work=HP Business Support Center|publisher=Hewlett-Packard|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050425035915/http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=bpl02556|archive-date=25 April 2005|access-date=21 August 2010}}</ref> allowing IrDA-equipped PDAs to print to them, if the PDA's [[operating system]] supports it. Universal PDA keyboards designed for these older PDAs use infrared technology,{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}} due to cost and a lack of wireless interference.{{Specify|reason=aboard what?}}
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