Senior Editor James Booth hates print books. He has no use for them, unless it’s a software manual. James took his pleasure reading digital over three years ago. This month, he gives us a brief overview of the e-book scene, and review of The Confidential Casebook of Sherlock Holmes e-book.

Once again, the winter holiday is upon us, and gift giving is imminent. Whether you’re a wireless enthusiast or a wireless wannabe, there are a lot of toys available for stocking-stuffers. In this article, author Tim Hillebrand offers some suggestions for gifts to give, or hints for you to discreetly drop to friends and loved ones.

The Addonics DVD DigiCopier is a standalone box that contains a DVD player and a DVD burner. Priced at about $350, this machine makes duplicating DVDs or CDs a snap. To learn whether this device will be useful for you, read this article.

In their last column, Dale and Dawna showed there’s no standard off-the-shelf, ROI calculator that works for a generic mobile solution. Each mobile solution delivers benefits that are highly dependent on the type and configuration of the system and the industry that’s using it. In this column they specifically address mobile field service applications and how they apply to the enterprise.

Of all the products out there that offer news for your PDA, some charge a subscription fee for the data on top of the purchase price, but not NewsBreak, a new mobile news services from IliumSoft. See what author Tim Hillebrand has to say about this news reader/service for the Pocket PC.

Author Tim Hillebrand is a gadget fiend. Whenever he sees a multi-function device, he’s interested. The brushed aluminum barrel of the Proporta 3 in 1 Stylus immediately caught his attention. Find out what secrets the 3 in 1 is hiding inside that aluminum barrel.

Unlike a fixed wireless network, the central registry cannot be found in advance in mobile ad-hoc networks; therefore, finding the location of the central registry becomes the primary concern in the service discovery mechanism. Learn more about the issues of service awareness in mobile ad-hoc networks in this informative article by our own Contributing Editor, Humayun Bakht.

As mobile networks get larger, service quality becomes more and more important. In this article, Contributing Editor Humayun Bakht discusses some of the more important considerations.

What’s the story behind the concept of mobile ad-hoc networking? In this article, Contributing Editor Humayun Bakht gives you a short backgrounder.

CalliGrapher gives you natural handwriting recognition on your Windows-powered Pocket PC. To learn how well it works, you’ll have to read this article.