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PALMPOWER MAGAZINE - MAY 1999 |
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The best ways to use Velcro to keep your Palm device safely anchored in your shirt pocket
Sometimes the coolest technology leads to very real, but silly-sounding problems. Karl Bunker had one such problem. He insisted on keeping his Palm III in his shirt pocket. After bending over one day and smashing his organizer on the floor, he decided to carefully engineer a precision solution: Velcro strips. You might think there's no art to sticking some Velcro inside your shirt pocket, but you'd be wrong. Read this article and you'll learn some of the tricks, tips, and hidden pitfalls in using Velcro in your shirt pocket. And, remember, you get all the juicy fashion tips right here in PalmPower Magazine.
Simply whiteboard
For some reason, those promoting and selling Palm devices have turned to using pretty-darn-near naked women to hawk their devices. The most recent ad campaign, entitled "Simply Palm", has sparked the ire of many of our readers, men and women alike. In response, we decided to run "Simply whiteboard". In this article, Meggan Durst, our editorial assistant and a whiteboard fanatic, compares her favorite portable organizer (the whiteboard) to everyone else's favorite portable organizer, the Palm computer. |
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Everything I ever wanted to do on my Palm device I learned from Jeff Carlson
This month, contributing editor Bob Freud has one simple statement: buy this book. What book? Jeff Carlson's book, The Palm III and PalmPilot Visual QuickStart Guide. Put simply, Carlson's book is excellent. When you read Bob's article, you'll learn why, then you'll get Jeff's book, and then you'll know everything you ever wanted to know about your Palm device. But keep reading PalmPower anyway.
How to generate Doc files for Palm devices from Notes
If you've ever used a Palm Computing device, you're probably familiar with Doc files. Files saved in this format can be easily downloaded and viewed on your Palm device using one of many popular Doc viewer applications. This article by Mark Lawson shows you how to easily create uncompressed Doc e-text databases using just LotusScript. Pretty soon, all your Notes notes will be in the palm of your hand.
How to get an extra 824K using FlashPro
The Palm III, Palm IIIx, and Palm V have flash memory that's used to hold the operating system. In this article, Senior Technical Editor Claire Pieterek reviews an update to a popular software product that allows you to gain access to an additional 800K of flash memory to hold applications and backup your data. For less than $30, you can substantially increase the power of your Palm device!
PALMPOWER SITE OF THE MONTH
Sports on the Go
Hey there, sports fans! If you're one of those baseball fans that needs to know every baseball statistic possible, May's PalmPower Site of the Month could be your dream come true. Check it out.
FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Back to the future, software style
Part history lesson, part blast from the past, this month's editorial from Editor-in-Chief David Gewirtz uses products from the past to inspire greatness in the future. This month, you'll get a great retrospective on software technology, learn a little about what worked really well in the early days of personal computers, and see how to apply the best of that time to software that runs on Palm devices. Whether you're a Palm Computing Platform software developer or an enthusiastic user, you'll gain some valuable perspective reading this article.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Love, hate, our best intentions, and some extensions
Here at PalmPower, we do groove on controversy. In this installment of our semi-regular Letters to the Editor series, we reprint two letters on opposite sides of the fence. One fellow loves our refreshing analysis while another asks us about "bending over". What fun! We also include another entertainingly cranky letter from a reader who wants us to improve the magazine and a special tidbit from Jeff Carlson about Macintosh extensions that you should definitely read if you're a Macintosh user.
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