PALMPOWER MAGAZINE - SEPTEMBER 1998
 
Improving your handwriting recognition with TealScript
Graffiti. Either you love it or you don't. For those of you who need to enter information into your Palm device but aren't absolutely thrilled with your relationship with Graffiti, there are finally alternatives. One such alternative, reviewed in depth by Scott Johnson, is TealScript from TealPoint Software. This is a very important new product and everyone who uses a Palm organizer should read this comprehensive, detailed review.
Move over Graffiti: It's Jot!
In the second of our special feature reviews, contributing editor Bob Freud reviews Jot, another replacement handwriting recognition program for the PalmPilot organizer. Jot is the handwriting recognizer used on many Windows CE devices and is now available for PalmPilot device users. How does Jot stack up? Will it make using your PalmPilot easier? Using Jot, do Windows CE users have it better? You'll need to read this article to find out.
 
Where to find Mac PalmPilot device resources
With the successful introduction of the iMac, it's been a big month for the Macintosh faithful. This month, contributing editor Jim DeLaHunt takes you on a fun and helpful tour of the best online resources for those Palm organizer users who are also Macintosh fans.
Nino 300 vs. the Palm III organizer: the hardware
Whenever Microsoft enters an established market, everyone notices. Well, Microsoft has plopped it's 300-pound gorilla smack dead center in the middle of Palm's handheld computer market by introducing their design for the Palm-sized PC and licensing the design and software to computer makers. One of the first such licensees is Philips, with the Nino 300. We wanted to know how the Nino compares to the Palm platform devices. In this very objective, no-holds-barred review, Jason Perlow compares the hardware of the two devices. You may be surprised by the results.
Stylin' with the right stylus
It's interesting to see where add-on suppliers put their effort. Who would have thought that the "stylus market" would be such a battlefield? For that matter, who would have thought that there'd be a stylus market? But it's a hot and heavy battle in that small segment of Palm device add-ons. The winners are clear: Palm device users. In this helpful article Claire Pieterek lays this season's styli (including the powerfully named "Throttle" and the unusual Fingertip Stylus) out on the table and compares them. If you want to be cool, you'll need the latest in stylish, stylus accessories and you'll need to read this article.
PALMPOWER BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB
Meet Sun Tzu, avoid flogging and keelhauling
Despite the Palm organizer's relatively small screen, many owners have taken to downloading entire books into their device. It's certainly more convenient to carry a number of reference works in your PalmPilot device, rather than in your backpack or briefcase. Recognizing this interesting trend, Craig Froehle and John Swain, keepers of well-respected e-text repositories, have started a new Book-of-the-Month Club column in PalmPower. This month, they review The Art of War and Two Years Before the Mast (two must-read classics) and provide pointers to a variety of useful business documented including a guides to holidays, investment, and travel.
FROM THE MANAGING EDITOR
Brave new world or same old crap?
As technology users, we get jazzed by new hardware and software. So when PalmPower Managing Editor Denise Amrich got the new Brave Palm catalog from New World Technologies, she was ready to dig in and find some cool new goodies. Her enthusiasm lasted mere seconds, when it was replaced by a weary feeling of deja vu. The world of the PalmPilot organizer had seemed so enlightened, so empowering. But there, on the cover of Brave Palm, was a minimally clad woman floating in the water, so pale, she almost looked like a drowning victim. Inside were other pictures, few showing women as capable professionals. The cheap tactic of using sex to sell had reached the PalmPilot. In this important article, Denise looks at where Brave went wrong and provides suggestions that will help companies learn how to get it right.
FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Installing the Palm 2MB upgrade card
We covered the Palm III organizer in considerable depth in March. And we've talked about the 2MB Upgrade Card. But we've never really discussed, in detail, the techniques for upgrading a PalmPilot organizer to a Palm III device. Until now. Editor-in-Chief David Gewirtz bit the bullet and performed upgrade surgery on his own PalmPilot. The process turned out to be more difficult than expected. In this important article, David explains what went wrong and provides a very valuable, step-by-step procedure for reinstalling applications if the upgrade doesn't work on your first attempt.
THE ULTIMATE GUIDE
The musical PalmPilot computer
Amazing as it may seem, the Palm device is quite musical -- and a friend to musicians, composers, and other musically inclined individuals. Hiding behind the mild-mannered persona of contributing editor David Pogue lurks the secret identity of an accomplished composer and conductor. Blending his two worlds (that of the computer and of music), David introduces us to music on the PalmPilot. And, surprisingly, there are some wonderful solutions, including a songwriter's helper, an electronic metronome, a tool for determining pitch, some nice melody makers, and even a tool for budding guitar players. If you're musically inclined, this is the ultimate article for you.
PROGRAMMING POWER
Rocketship: writing a PalmPilot game
Although many of us don't admit it, we all love playing games on our PalmPilot device. Programming technology editor Alan Jay Weiner continues his popular Programming Power series with this fun article. If you've wondered how games are built on the PalmPilot, or you've been interested in how to make use of the Palm device buttons in your own programs, this is the article for you.

  
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