Contributing Editor Jason Dunn is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional. In his second Windows CE Perspectives column, Jason takes a look at the near future of Windows CE and tries to put some of the terms into perspective. We’ve heard Microsoft talk about digital appliances, but what does that really mean? Why would you want a home network? Why would you care if Windows CE is built into your TV? Read this article and you’ll know.

Sometimes you just gotta love engineers. They build great software, like Windows CE. But sometimes they make it tough on us mere mortals. Case in point: the version numbers of the Windows CE operating system. If you’ve ever tried to figure out what version of Windows CE goes with what, you need to read this incredibly meaty article. Contributing editor Frank McPherson also points out great download sites where some of you can get free upgrades and even gives you an exclusive glimpse into future releases.

If you have a Windows CE device, you can literally have the world in your pocket. There’s a feature of Windows CE called Mobile Channels. Mobile Channels are custom forms of your Web pages that get downloaded automatically into your Windows CE device. In this important article, contributing editor Craig Peacock takes you through the process of converting your Web site into a Mobile Channel. Normally, this would be a pretty complex task, but Craig makes it easy. Even if you don’t have a Web page, read this article. You’ll get a much better idea of how Mobile Channels work, and that’ll help you get the most out of them.

At Windows CE Power Magazine, we just love these exclusive insider articles and we know you do, too. Tom Campbell is a programmer/writer for the Visual Basic team at Microsoft and an enthusiastic developer of Windows CE applications. While Microsoft provides developer tools for Windows CE development, they require you to run your tools on an NT desktop and download programs to your Windows CE device. But, you don’t have to do it that way. In this incredibly useful article, Tom takes you on a tour of exceptional tools you can use to do Windows CE development right on your Windows CE device.

Trying to get some extra functionality out of your Handheld PC or Palm-sized PC, but don’t know where to start? Here are a few "must-have" programs and utilities that Senior Technical Editor Jason Perlow picked out this month for your downloading pleasure.

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 Windows CE devices. Whether you’re a Windows CE software developer or an enthusiastic user, you’ll gain some valuable perspective reading this article.

Hey there, sports fans! If you’re one of those baseball fans that needs to know every baseball statistic possible, May’s Windows CE Power Site of the Month could be your dream come true. Check it out.

The convergence of handheld devices and the Internet is real. It is now possible to download Web-based information into your handheld for easy review. If you work for a larger corporation, you might want to use this capability to connect mobile professionals into your corporate information system. In this important article, Senior Technical Editor Jason Perlow reviews the AvantGo Server, which allows you to do just that. While the server product itself is aimed at the enterprise, the AvantGo client is freely available to all. So if you want Web content on your handheld, read this article today.

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.

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.