Personal Information Display

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article does not cite any references or sources. (April 2008)
Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed.

A Personal Information Display is any device that displays user-configured information, which can be a combination of static and dynamically-generated data. Unlike a full-blown computer, it is a small, simple Internet-connected device which consumes little power, runs silently, is highly reliable, and provides little or no opportunity for real-time user interaction.

1 Examples of data
- 1.1 User-generated static data
- 1.2 Dynamically-generated data
2 Examples of devices
3 See also

[edit] Examples of data

[edit] User-generated static data

to-do lists
reminders
electronic sticky notes

[edit] Dynamically-generated data

news headlines
stock quotes
weather forecasts
package-tracking status

Most, if not all, of the dynamically-generated data comes from RSS and other XML-based sources.

[edit] Examples of devices

The Chumby fits many of these criteria, but the Pertelian and WidgetStation displays are simpler and come closer to meeting the low-interactivity requirement of a personal information display.^{[citation needed]}