If you’ve found it inconvenient to carry your PDA on your various outdoor adventures, Brett Warcola has found a solution. Braving the wilds of south-eastern Pennsylvania, he reviews three rugged PDA bags and takes Palm computing where it’s never gone before: hiking.

If you’re experiencing post-Halloween guilt right about now, it might be time to try counteracting the effects of all those sweets with a good old-fashioned diet. Jen Edwards reviews DietLog, a handy application that can help you set your diet goals and reach them.

A number of different cases are available for the Handspring Visor, but which one is right for you? In part two of his series, Craig Bobchin will evaluate the pros and cons of six very different Visor cases. This month, he discusses RhinoSkin’s Ti Slider Hardcase, Rhodiana’s Visor case, and Vaja’s CE781-N Visor series Flip Top Case.

In development for over a year, Audrey combines elements of the Palm and the QNX operating systems to provide an easy-to-use Internet experience that shares data with Palm devices. PalmPower Contributing Editor Jason Perlow was invited to 3Com’s Audrey launch in New York City and gives you the scoop on this new and innovative computing device.

If you haven’t yet done so, there are a number of sites online where you can register to vote, so there’s no excuse not to do it. Steve Niles tells you where. Also, you’ll find out how you can be entered into a contest to win a free ZATZ mug, just for doing your patriotic duty.

Deep down, Editor-in-Chief David Gewirtz would kinda like to be President of the United States because he wants his own naval fleet. However, since there’s little chance he’d survive the background check even if he could convince all of PalmPower’s readers to pencil him in, he’s decided to endorse a real candidate. Find out who and why in this month’s editorial.

Critics and talk-show hosts who accuse Al Gore of being a robot might just be referring to his electronic brain, otherwise known as the Palm organizer he wears prominently clipped to his casual khaki slacks. The presidential candidate has taken his passion for Palm computing a step further by creating an AvantGo channel for his official campaign Web site, which also just happens to be PalmPower’s Site of the Month. Steve Niles reviews AlGore.com’s AvantGo channel and considers what this might mean for Gore’s candidacy.

This month, Ben Brickman takes a look at the alternate history genre of storytelling. He reviews two short stories by Pamela Sargent that take place in alternative timelines and finds two well-known political figures getting lost in space.

A wealth of political resources for your Palm device can be found throughout the Internet. Staff Editor Steve Niles has taken a brief survey of what’s available, so whether you’re interested in political news, software, documents, or party information, you’re bound to find something of interest here.

Presidential candidate Al Gore is known to be an active Palm device user, wearing it most days on his belt. PalmPower Editor-in-Chief David Gewirtz had the opportunity to ask Mr. Gore a few short questions. We’re proud to bring you the results of this exclusive interview with the candidate.