Aaah, the salty spray of the sea air. The deck rolling under your feet. The sound of the sails snapping in the wind. This is the life of a merchant trader. This can be your life too, with Tradewinds for Palm and Pocket PC from Astraware. Is this game worthy of a berth on your handheld? The only way you’ll know is to read this article by Senior Technical Editor (and, now, ship’s captain) James Booth.
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With Senior Technical Editor James Booth’s recent acquisition of a Tapwave Zodiac, a lot of his focus of late has been finding accessories for it. For a product that’s been on the market for almost a year, there are suspiciously few accessories. But we found one and James gives it his stamp of approval.
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Microsoft Voice Command for Pocket PC helps you take control of your Pocket PC through speech. The question is: does it work? You’ll have to read this review by Tim Hillebrand to find out.
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What can you say about an English-Japanese talking phrasebook. Either it works, or it doesn’t. Read this article and find out what we thought.
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Welcome to Hype-a-palooza. This, our first ever Hype-a-palooza, is designed to promote awareness of the underappreciated Tapwave Zodiac (and get you a ton of cool prizes). Why hype the Zodiac? The reason is pretty simple: we think it’s a great product, a real innovation in the handheld market. In the future, we will likely hype-a-palooza other products that we feel are deserving of added attention.
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When you think about technological innovations, you might think about computers, cellular phones, or even rockets. Yet none of these innovations have changed the world like the simple concept we’ve grown to know as voting. No matter who you support or what your cause, that single, simple action of voting connects you to free people throughout the world, back through history, and forward into an unknown, but hopeful future. This article announces a special program that should encourage you to get out, register, and vote.
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We’re starting a new Getting Started With HDTV series in Computing Unplugged Magazine. We begin our comprehensive coverage of HDTV with this article, a subjective overview of HDTV from the perspective of a new viewer. Is HDTV for you? Read Editor-in-Chief David Gewirtz’ article for the answer.
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This month, we kick off our new Computing Unplugged Magazine monthly column, Keeping Score on TCO and ROI. TCO analysts Dale Troppito and Dawna Paton focus on the definition and implementation of TCO and ROI best practices, specifically for mobile enterprise solutions. This column is a "how-to" guide for value analysis techniques, the benefits of use, and pitfalls to avoid. We promise to keep our topics practical, pertinent and pithy.
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What are some of the communications and resource management issues involved in mobile ad-hoc networks? In this article, Contributing Editor Humayun Bakht gives you an idea.
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We’ve talked a lot about wireless ad-hoc networks, but what can you do with them? In this article, by Contributing Editor Humayun Bakht, we look at just that.
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