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| PALMPOWER MAGAZINE - OCTOBER 1998 |
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Yahoo's Web calendar
Do you Yahoo? If you do, then this article is for you. Seriously, Jeff Carlson has put together a fascinating article about linking Yahoo's Web-based calendar to the Palm device. You can automatically HotSync from your Palm computer to a file that's uploaded to the Web calendar. Now you can access your schedule from anywhere and share it with all your friends.
Traveling with your Palm organizer
If you travel with your PalmPilot, especially if you travel to other countries, you owe it to yourself to read this incredibly helpful article from contributing editor Bob Freud. In this detailed article, Bob provides some handy "dos" and "don'ts" (you'd be surprised at the simple mistakes that could derail your entire trip!), helps us find the coolest add-on hardware that will make the trip easier, and even helps us understand the language like a native. Bon Voyage!
Fredlet reviews the UniMount
The UniMount is one of the coolest PalmPilot gadgets to come along in a very long time. While it definitely appeals to the gadget freak in all of us, it will also appeal to all the road-warriors who need to use their organizers while on the road. UniMount is an ingenious device that allows you to mount your Palm organizer in your car and have it handy while traveling (although you never want to use it while the vehicle is in motion). In her trademark style, S. Fred Green reviews the UniMount and tells us why she gave it 4.25 marmots out of five. Extra credit if you know what a marmot is.
Understanding financial calculators
The Palm organizer is a great device for keeping your life in order. With the addition of a few new pieces of software, the Palm device can also help you manage your money (and perhaps save a bit for a sunny day). PalmPower has scored another coup by recruiting financial expert Elia Freedman to introduce us to the class of software called "financial calculators". In this informative article, he helps us understand how to use a financial calculator to calculate and save money on mortgages and plan investments that can make you money over the long term. Show me the money!
Spice up your email signature
You know what an email signature is. It's that fun tag at the end of an email message that you can use to provide contact information, share your philosophy of life, or otherwise tell your story. But why be left out if you use your Palm organizer to send email? In this article, contributing editor Claire Pieterek tells us how to use signatures on the Palm device and shares some great ideas for making your signature more interesting. You can even use some of these techniques for your desktop email client.
Replace your on-screen keyboard with T9
Are you Graffiti-challenged? Do you sometimes hunt-and-peck away at the little Palm on-screen keyboard until your eyes cross and your brain freezes? If you're looking for a better way to get information into your Palm device, check out a little gem called T9. It replaces the Palm's on-screen keyboard with a large pad that resembles that of a telephone keypad. A little smart tapping, and words magically appear on your screen. In this review, A. Ron Carmichael waxes poetic on the benefits of T9.
PALMPOWER BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB
Joules, Jules and more jewels: a palmful of science
In this month's installment of the PalmPower Book-of-the-Month Club, Craig Froehle and John Swain, keepers of well-respected e-text repositories, explore science related e-books. This month they traverse the entire scope of modern scientific achievement (OK, so they write about some good e-books) and discuss the future-looking science of Jules Verne as well as provide great reference tools for students and professionals in the sciences.
FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Make an impression
A friend sent us a wonderful story via email. Normally, we wouldn't just reprint a story from an anonymous writer received over email, but this one is pretty special and we wanted to share it with you all. In his monthly editorial, Editor-in-Chief David Gewirtz shares this warm-hearted, uplifting story and relates it to the Palm experience.
PROGRAMMING POWER
Setting application preferences
In "When Harry Met Sally", Meg Ryan ("Sally") got all fussy about how she ordered her food. Billy Crystal ("Harry") called her "high maintenance". We at PalmPower identify with "high maintenance" and try to live our lives in such a way that we live up to that label. Another way of thinking about a high maintenance individual is to understand that such a person has many preferences. Software running on Palm organizers also has preferences, but is probably nowhere near as high maintenance as your editors. In this latest of the Programming Power series, prgramming technology editor Alan Jay Weiner shows us how you can set Palm preferences in your programs. Now if only it were that easy in real life!
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