Personal digital assistant having printhead

1. A personal digital assistant comprising:

a body housing:

a memory for storing personal digital assistant information;

a printhead for printing the stored information;

a bay extending along a first edge of the body for removably receiving a print media cartridge for supplying print media to the printhead; and

control circuitry for controlling functions of the personal digital assistant; and

a display pivotally mounted to the body at said first edge via a hinge joint, the display having a screen for displaying the stored information and the hinge joint defining the bay such that pivoting of the display away from the body exposes the screen and provides access to the bay for removable receipt of the print media cartridge.

2. A personal digital assistant as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the print media cartridge is cylindrical and stores a print media roll for supply to the printhead and the bay has an arcuate shape so that the cylindrical print media cartridge is removably received to be disposed within the bay.

3. A personal digital assistant as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising a flap pivotally connected to the body and engaged with the bay to thereby enclose the removably received cartridge.

4. A personal digital assistant as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the bay is located at a base of the display.

5. A personal digital assistant as claimed in claim 3 , wherein a connecting portion of the flap is planar.

6. A personal digital assistant as claimed in claim 3 , further comprising a fastener for fastening the bay and the flap together.