PalmPower Magazine - November 2002

PALMPOWER MAGAZINE - NOVEMBER 2002

Anticipation builds: will 2003 be the year of PalmSource, Inc.?
On September 26, PalmSource, Inc. celebrated the opening of its new headquarters in Sunnyvale, CA. Attendees had the opportunity to talk one-on-one with PalmSource's executive team, licensees, partners, software developers, and staff. PalmPower Contributing Editor Michael Compeau was there, and he shares with us his perspective on the event.

PalmSource Open House showcases what's new in the Palm community
On September 26, PalmSource, Inc. celebrated the opening of its new headquarters in Sunnyvale, CA. Attendees had the opportunity to talk one-on-one with PalmSource's executive team, licensees, partners, software developers, and staff. Jen Edwards reports in with her perspective on the event, including news of upcoming software releases!

Palm gets up to date with new Tungsten family of handhelds
On October 28, 2002, Palm unveiled two brand new handheld devices, the Palm Tungsten T and the Palm Tungsten W. Steve Niles has a first look at this brand new family of Palm OS handhelds and introduces you to Palm OS 5.

Analysis: handheld market share
On October 28, 2002, Gartner Dataquest released third quarter 2002 market share results for the PDA sector, revealing that PDA shipments for the first three quarters of 2002 are down 8.3 percent from the same period last year. Meanwhile, Palm retained only 30 percent market share in the third quarter, down from 70 percent a year or so ago. For the complete results of this report, read on.

Presenter-to-Go puts PowerPoint presentations on your Palm OS handheld
The missing piece of the puzzle for Vladimir Campos in turning his Palm handheld into the ultimate business tool was the ability to view and display PowerPoint presentations from the device. Now that's possible, thanks to Presenter-to-Go from Margi Systems. Find out how it's done in this review.

Create handwritten email with riteMail
Feel constrained by the limitations of text-based email messages? There's a solution. Bill Mamm review riteMail from Pen&Internet, which brings the flexibility of pen and paper to your Palm handheld. With riteMail, you can draw, doodle, and scribble right on your handheld to create handwritten email messages.

PALMPOWER PRODUCT OF THE MONTH
Gain remote access to databases and PLCs
While in the process of choosing a PalmPower Magazine Product of the Month, two new enterprise-oriented releases caught the attention of Steve Niles. The first is actually a re-branding of an old product, and the second is a cool new way to monitor and control Programmable Logic Controllers.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Looking for the cutting edge
This month's Letters to the Editor features a letter we received from a UI designer at Broderbund who tells us what he'd like to see covered in PalmPower.

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