Testing new hardware is a time consuming affair, and although well justified, can eat a chunk of evening hours and spread into the morning if you’re not careful. Author Jason Giacchino recently went into the wee hours investigating the Tablet PC and accompanying OS, Windows XP Table Edition. Find out what was gained by the sleep he lost.

The Berry, from Sakar, is a handheld for children. Coming in four "flavors", BlueBerry, GreyBerry, GrapeBerry, and StrawBerry, it lets children feel like their parents. Read on for Contributing Editor Heather Wardell’s coverage of this hybrid telephone/organizer.

Author Heather Wardell is a simulation junkie. How about you? If so, then Village Sim, the newest real-time simulation game from LDW Software, is for you. Read on for the full scoop on the continuation of the Plant and Fish Tycoon series.

In this latest installment of his ongoing series addressing ad-hoc networks, Contributing Editor Humayun Bakht discusses some of the associated problems and their solutions.

This month’s Keeping Score column continues the Gantry Group’s journey through the intriguing world of mobile healthcare with a Q&A session on mobile charge capture. Read on to find out how MercuryMD’s MData application is changing how healthcare providers access and interact with patient information.

Today’s world is one of technological revolutions. With all of these inventions, our communication structure has become strong enough to allow us to stay in contact with anyone, in any part of the world, and the mobile ad-hoc network is an integral part of that communication structure. In his continuing instructional series, Contributing Editor Humayun Bakht gives us the ins and outs of data transportation over an Internet-based mobile ad-hoc network.

Wireless networking has become the next wheel. From Bluetooth to Wi-Fi, wireless networking has revolutionized the way we communicate, and the way our favorite devices communicate with each other. In this piece, Dr. Hiroshi Ide introduces us to ZigBee, a low-power, low-cost wireless connectivity standard for short distance wireless networks.

Mobile ad-hoc networks are based on the idea of establishing a network without taking any support from a centralized structure. Due to the growing interest in the Internet, it becomes important to consider the integration of MANET with the Internet. In his latest piece on mobile ad-hoc networks, Contributing Editor Humayun Bakht discussing bringing Internet access to the ad-hoc network.

Senior Technical Editor Claire Pieterek had a friend in need. Her friend’s company was phasing out her position, requiring that she return her company-issued iPAQ. After fixing her friend up with a CLIE, Claire had to ask herself what the real point was in getting a PDA. With the functions on PDAs and mobile phones merging, why buy a PDA? And which one will come out on top in the end?

One of the joys of author Heather Wardell’s Zire 71 is being able to listen to music on the go. However, she hates relying on RealPlayer for her mobile music needs. Busker, by Electric Pocket, is a new MP3 player for Palm, and Heather had high hopes for it as a RealPlayer replacement. Read on to find out if Busker played the song of success.