As you begin your back-to-school shopping, keep in mind that Palm handhelds are becoming more and more popular among students both in and out of the classroom. In this article, high school student Sam Kleinman shares a number of things he’s learned about using Palm handhelds in the classroom and offers pointers to help you or your child work more effectively.

Landware’s Pocket Quicken application is an excellent extension of Quicken for the PC. Chris Phillips reviews the latest version, Pocket Quicken 2.0, which improves this handy software by adding color support, foreign currency support, budget tracking, a pop-up calculator, a better QuickFill feature, and improvements to the overall appearance. If you’re looking for a great way to track your finances, you’ve got to check it out.

In this month’s edition of Letters to the Editor, one reader relates his experience dealing with Handspring customer support, and another has a question about the PalmPower news pages. Finally, our own Contributing Editor Bob Draper writes in with a problem in hopes that you can help.

In his editorial this month, Editor-in-Chief David Gewirtz will let you in on a cool new opportunity to save on the Palm OS-related goodies you’re after this summer.

In our look at Palm handhelds in education, it’s only fitting that we select a PalmPower Site of the Month dedicated to furthering this important cause. Steve Niles will introduce you to the Palm Education Pioneer program, a collaborative project undertaken by SRI International and Palm, Inc., designed to enable innovative teaching and learning through the application of handheld technology.

With the MyPalm portal, Palm is closing the loop between Internet-based calendar services and personal information devices. In his first article on the MyPalm portal, Ray Rischpater begins to take a look at a typical session, describing each of the major parts of the MyPalm portal in detail.

Like many companies today, schools are doing rollouts of PDAs. But how does a school district make the move to begin purchasing PDAs? In this article, Mark A. Evans, a District Instructional Technology Teacher for the Klein Independent School District in Houston, TX, will discuss his district’s approach to integrating handheld technology into the educational system.

There are a number of ways to synchronize your Outlook data with your Palm handheld, as Contributing Editor Bob Draper has illustrated over the last several months. This month he reviews Pumatech’s Intellisync conduit, which may just be the most powerful solution yet to get all the information Outlook is capable of storing into the Palm OS.

So you’ve decided to buy a Palm handheld for yourself or as a gift. That was the easy part. Deciding which model, on the other hand, isn’t so easy. With all the Palm OS devices available, how do you know which one is the right choice for your situation? Denise Watkins breaks it all down for you in this lighthearted article that’s sure to help you find your perfect handheld match.

There are dozens of third-party applications available for list-making and project planning, but coach and trainer Kelly Forrister believes that with a little creativity, the built-in Palm applications can serve as great project management tools. In this article, she’ll show you how you can turn your To Do list into a powerful project management tool.