You wouldn’t think there were any women Palm device users by visiting a lot of Palm organizer-related Web sites. A recent visit to one Web site found a survey that asked, "Where do you carry your Palm device?" The choices were belt clip, pants pocket, shirt pocket, or briefcase. Was the omission of a purse as a carrying space for a Palm device an act of deliberate sexism or a logical choice, based on recent demographics of Palm device users? In this lighthearted article, Denise Watkins examines the differences and similarities of Palm device use between men and women by sharing the results of an informal survey she conducted.

Have you ever wanted to program your Palm device right on your Palm device? Well, now’s your chance. Quartus Forth is a faithful implementation of the somewhat funky Forth programming environment that runs right on your Palm handheld. To learn more, read this month’s Programming Power column by Mark Lawson

PalmPower’s resident technology skeptic, Kevin Quin, has been feeling a bit lonely lately. When he bought his first PalmPilot, he dealt with "you geek" looks from friends and coworkers by confidently telling them they would all be Palm computer users within three years. Flash forward to present day, and handheld organizers are yet to have landed in the grasping palms of every man, woman, and child. This month, he analyzes the phenomena and offers some tips for Palm, Inc.’s marketing division in this thought-provoking and funny article.

As Palm organizer users, we rely on the creators of shareware and freeware to create applications we love to download. On a quest to find a way to strike it rich by writing his own bubblegum dance hit on a Palm device, Steve Niles stumbled upon the Web site of shareware designer, Eric Cheng. In this Cool Site of the Month, you get the opportunity to meet one of the fascinating people behind the shareware you use every day.

According to a speaker at a Palm Computing conference last year, the real competition for the Palm device isn’t the PC, but paper. After trying to give up the paper trail and sticking to just a Palm device, many of us usually learn that the biggest problem is the fact that you have to first master inputting text into your device. In this article, Dan Velasco has compiled some good advice about how to improve the speed with which you input text into your Palm computer.

Mark Asadoorian has been carrying a PDA in one form or another since 1989. He has owned, used, and sold or traded pretty much every style PDA since then. In this article, he shares with us his personal odyssey with PDAs, which you’ll find as a pretty good indicator of the evolution of the format in general.

Got a new Handspring Visor, TRGPro, or Palm IIIe and don’t know what to carry it in? Contributing Editor Jason Perlow takes a look at three new cases from RhinoSkin that fit like a glove and protect the heck out of your Palm device.

In this first article of a new series, Windows CE Power contributing editor Dan Huber takes a look at helpful software for student users of Windows CE devices. But if you’re not a student, don’t despair. Read this series of articles anyway, because these fabulous products may help you too!

In the next few weeks, there are quite a few tradeshows coming up that feature mobile computing. If you’re interested in goin’ mobile and want to take a field trip, you should check out Ashley’s guide. Since we’re talking San Diego and New Orleans, among other great places, you might want to check this out.

Mark Asadoorian, an incorrigible collector of portable electronics, compares the features of the top three Windows CE-based palmtops. If you’re trying to decide which of these units to buy, this fun article is a must-read for you.