As I reflect on my many years as an elementary school principal, I realize how much more effective I would have been if I had owned a wireless handheld computer. This relatively new technology can provide considerable assistance to today?s principals and recent advancements have increased its functions and capacity. Handheld computers are inexpensive mobile computing devices that have outgrown their description as Personal Digital Assistants. Handhelds have evolved into sophisticated computers with expandable data storage and exceptional capabilities for improving communication, security, discipline, and management of data files, while providing stress relief for overworked principals.