It’s two…two…two reviews for the price of one. That’s right. This month, both Jim McCarthy and contributing editor Fredlet turned in reviews of Palm Buddy, the wonderful Macintosh backup tool. Rather than choosing, you get to read both, each with it’s own unique viewpoint. If you use both a Macintosh and a Palm device, you’re definitely going to want to read this article.

Apple is bouncing back from the brink. It’s been a pretty amazing year for a company that was written off at the beginning of the year and now has broken all sales records with it’s amazingly popular iMac. And with Apple’s renewed success comes great software for Mac users. In this article, best selling author and contributing editor David Pogue examines some of the Palm organizer treats in store for Macintosh enthusiasts.

Every day, we get mail from our readers. Most letters are posted on the PowerBoards, reachable from the PalmPower Home Page. But there are some letters that we think would be better served in a monthly letters to the editor column. This month: a letter praising last month’s editorial, an important letter from 3Com and the case of the missing airline ticket pocket.

It’s a dark and stormy night. You’re late for that all-important appointment. You’re totally lost. Your imagination runs wild, conjuring up demons from the shadows. What do you do? What do you do? If you’re like Chris Guella, you hook up your trusty Palm organizer to DeLorme’s EarthMate GPS (Global Positioning System) tap the screen, and follow the directions. You’ll be there in no time. It’s up to you. Demons in the shadows or clear, exact directions. If you want to avoid your own personal demons, read this article.

In honor of John Glenn’s historic shuttle flight, we present the final version of programming technology editor Alan Jay Weiner’s Rocketship program. In this edition of PalmPower’s Programming Power column, Alan finishes the program, adding a goal (docking the rocket with a space station), a win or lose response, and some other out-of-this-world changes.

PalmPower Magazine will be publishing its First Annual Editors’ Choice Awards in the January issue, available on January 2. Over the next two months, PalmPower’s editors will be looking at all manner of fine hardware and software products, choosing the very best products we think you should consider using with your Palm device. In this short article, PalmPower Editor-in-Chief David Gewirtz tells you how you can nominate your favorite products for this special honor.

Every so often we get an article that just reminds us how much we enjoy being in the publishing business. This is one such article. Our PalmPower Book of the Month Club editors, Craig Froehle and John Swain, have compiled a wonderfully entertaining, yet still tasteful collection of sexually-related literature and resources available for download to your Palm organizer. From Fanny Hill and Lady Chatterly’s Lover to, well, The Cigar, this is an article that’s titillating, yet not offensive.

To go forward, you must backup. So says the advertising for a leading desktop backup program. But the same is true for users of handheld devices. You live out of your PalmPilot and while you can backup your built-in applications using the Palm Desktop, there’s probably a lot of other information on your PalmPilot that needs to be safe. In this important article, contributing editor S. Fred Green (Fredlet) describes how the well-regarded Backup Buddy program can keep your Palm data safe and secure. Skip this article at your peril.

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.

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!