If you didn’t have time to plan a summer vacation, you could have a chance to redeem yourself this fall. In this edition of Ashley’s mobile tradeshow guide, she gives you the scoop on the fall events that will be coming up in hot locales such as Pasadena, Las Vegas, Orlando, and Atlanta.

In this month’s edition of Letters to the Editor, one reader questions whether a handheld can indeed replace a laptop, and another reader offers a critical analysis of a past product review, putting what some might consider too much thought into the relative buoyancy of handheld organizers and lunch meat.

The only thing Napster grabs more of than MP3s is news headlines. In this month’s editorial, Editor-in-Chief David Gewirtz examines the battle over Napster and what it means for the future of music, video, software, books, and any other form of digitized media.

If you’re a Pocket PC software developer or if you’re looking for Pocket PC software but are overwhelmed by your Internet search, then August’s Pocket PC Life Site of the Month may be of considerable use. Steve Niles reviews a Web site that gathers together a fairly comprehensive list of Pocket PC applications.

Fresh on the heels of the sequencing of the human genome, Fictionwise.com has released an ebook version of a classic novella by Nancy Kress exploring the dangers of genetic engineering. Eliot Mercury reviews this involving tale that epitomizes the expression, it’s not nice to fool with Mother Nature.

Thanks to beaming technology, it’s getting a lot easier to share contact information electronically. Even so, you’re still probably collecting tons of business cards, and the prospect of entering all that data into your Pocket PC by hand isn’t a pleasant one. Fortunately, there’s a solution. Peter Watt reviews a smart new business card scanner that’s a must for any office.

If you didn’t have time to plan a summer vacation, you could have a chance to redeem yourself this fall. In this edition of Ashley’s mobile tradeshow guide, she gives you the scoop on the fall events that will be coming up in such hot locales as Pasadena, Las Vegas, Orlando, and Atlanta.

The PalmPower mailbag has been busy this month. In this edition of letters to the editor, a query is answered, a few new product options are noted, an application is sought, and the moral integrity of our publication is questioned.

As more and more personal electronics become a necessary part of our lives, we’re quickly running out of places to carry them all. Purses and briefcases get overstuffed, pockets overflow, and belts get congested to the point of absurdity. One company has come up with a solution in the form of a shoulder harness called the e-Holster. Here, Michael Compeau and his dog Baily review this new personal electronics accessory that will appeal to everyone’s inner Dirty Harry.

Editor-in-Chief David Gewirtz has a secret, and he’s not going to share it. At least not yet. In the meantime, he discusses the tools he’s been using that allow him to work from a booth at Friendly’s and momentarily channels Tom Brokaw for a Fleecing of America bit.