If you write about Windows CE, you’re going to need to capture screens. In September, we showed you one way to capture Windows CE screens. In this helpful article, Frank McPherson shows you two programs with unique features, including one that will capture the Start Menu.

Welcome to the first installment of the Windows CE Power Magazine Programming Power column! Each month we’ll address tough issues about writing software for Windows CE and provide solutions that usually include a code snippet or two. This month, Andrew Tucker explains how to free up DLLs, shows off a hidden feature that lets your application stay out of suspend mode, and shows you how to make a listbox do a horizontal scrollbar.

Do you love your fast-paced technology-based existence but, at the same time, long for peace? There is a middle way between these extremes. December’s Windows CE Power Site of the Month article will help you find out where you can go for Zen-related resources for your Windows CE device.

Calligrapher is a handwriting recognition program that allows the you to write entire sentences in your own handwriting. In addition, it features a keyboard so that those pesky special characters can be input with ease. One of the coolest things about Calligrapher is the fact that it doesn’t need to be trained. It just works, and works well. Read all about it in this article by Clifford Brooks.

With 1999 winding down and the year 2000 about to start, Contributing Editor Mark Moeller takes a close look at the Auto PC, how far it has come, and where it still needs to go. Plus, read this important article for an exclusive interview with Dave Wright, Director of Business Development for the Auto PC at Microsoft.

ActiveSync 3.0 is the new synchronization software used to connect your Windows CE device to your desktop or laptop computer. According to this informative article by contributing editor Dan Huber, there’s lots to be excited about. Sound too good to be true?. Read Dan’s article and find out if ActiveSync should be your next essential download!

The holiday season is almost here and Contributing Editor Jason Perlow reviews the first three Springboard modules for the Handspring Visor.

Contributing editor S. Fred Green (a.k.a. Fredlet) came back from PalmSource with the toy she won, a pre-production model of the brand-spanking-new TRGpro from TRG. Read her review, and find out what makes this product special.

This article was beamed to the North Pole from the Palm device of PalmPower’s Technology Skeptic Kevin Quin. Unknown to him, however, it was also intercepted by an astute PalmPower reader in Washington, D.C., who forwarded it to PalmPower. What? You’re surprised the North Pole has a receiver powerful enough to pick up an infrared beam from 3,000 miles away? Remember, Santa makes ALL the toys!

What’s about the same size as your Palm device but enables you to type as easily as you could on a regular PC? It’s the Stowaway Portable Keyboard by Think Outside. The Stowaway is an innovative keyboard that can be carried compactly but expands to its full size in use. Read this article by contributing editor Claire Pieterek and you’ll have reason to look forward to Y2K.