When choosing a digital camera, most people start by thinking about the number of megapixels they’ll need. But what are megapixels and how does that measure determine what camera you should choose? Read this article to find out.

This week, we’re kicking off a series of short articles about buying your first digital camera. I recently had a discussion with a friend who was buying a digital camera as a gift. From that discussion, I realized that digital cameras are still quite a mystery to many folks. This week, we answer whether you should buy a sub-$100 camera and how much you should expect to spend.

In this edition of letters to the editor, readers offer comments and questions on a variety of topics, including Palm m130 frustration, Xbox and access to online gaming, the FatFinger review, and when Computing Unplugged will be available on AvantGo.

Are you into robots? If so, and if you can write, consider submitting an article to Computing Unplugged. We want to add more coverage of robotics to the magazine, but we need some serious "robot geeks" to help get us started.

Many people from all over the world have to measure their blood pressure several times a day and log it in order to show the statistics to their physicians. A Palm handheld is the perfect tool to keep track of your blood pressure. There’s a wide choice of specialized applications that allow you to log, chart, print, and even email your blood pressure and pulse statistics to your physician or nurse. Dennis Crane digs into that software pile to find the best solutions available.

Since Stephen Vance first took a look at Adobe Acrobat Reader for Palm OS a new version has been released. In this article he takes a look at the improvements that Adobe has made as well as the issues that still need to be addressed in Adobe Acrobat Reader for Palm OS 2.0.

While there are plenty of improvements in Outlook 2003 that affect all users, Microsoft didn’t forget about Tablet PC users. As Contributing Editor Bill Mann worked with the various Outlook betas on his Acer Travelmate C100 Tablet PC, he’s found a number of features to be particularly useful. In this short article, Bill discusses some of his favorites.

If managers and IT want accurate data and quick return on their investments, they really need to investigate the handheld market for their sales force. Ray Sheehan discusses how he was able to improve productivity by switching to handheld devices.

Vladimir Campos reviews the Pocketop Keyboard, a small and functional solution for data input that integrates nicely with a broad range of handheld devices.

As new wireless services, email, and devices hit the market, we wondered what the best wireless email devices were for business users. Technical Editor Ron Herardian rounded up five of the most popular devices–the Palm i705, the RIM 957, the Handspring Treo 270, the Siemens SX56, and a Danger Hiptop–and gave each of them a test drive.