This research addresses the issue of attributes modern hand computers (PDA´s) and how they relate to needs of low income students at PUC-Rio. It examines how PDAs can be used to reduce the problem of digital exclusion. It follows recent propositions to make global corporations more tuned with the bottom of the income pyramid in world markets and how they can use their know-how to alleviate poverty in the world poor countries. By way of personal interviews with members of the low income students at PUC-Rio and with members of school administration responsible for assisting them in their personal needs, this research was able to raise several questions about digital exclusion and personal problems that PDAs could help them in their academic life. The research findings points to a great potential for the PDAs as a devise to help them cope with specific problems such as cost of books and photocopying and extended time spent on public transportation, among others.