Introduction
Perhaps you enjoy using the Palm (nee Peanut) Reader for reading books…but you might be wondering, how does it stand up for writers? As it turns out, pretty well. In this column, I will talk about how to translate a book into the Palm Markup Language (PML), and also run down the licenses [...]
Check out David Berlind’s hilarious article detailing the pitfalls this journalist experienced trying to file his stories wireless via his Pocket PC at a recent trade show. Much as I love my T-Mobile, I think we’ve still got a ways to go before wireless, digital writing moves to normal from fringe.
I read an interesting article this morning about Pocket PC rollouts for enterprise use. As wireless becomes more ubiquitous, Windows CE-based devices have massive advantages for vertical applications. UPS, Coke and Pepsi have all recently committed themselves to using Pocket PCs for workflow automation.
Even if Palm keeps 50-80% of the consumer retail market, will that [...]
The New York Times has an interesting article this morning about Print On Demand.
“AFTER spending a year trying to sell her book to publishers and receiving 70 rejection letters as a reward, Laurie Notaro, a newspaper columnist in Phoenix, decided to do it herself. Working with iUniverse, one of many companies that offer “print on [...]
Relocation Dept.
Jay Lagorio’s WordCommands has moved to a new, permanent host. If you have a Pocket PC, a keyboard and you don’t have this freeware app, you’re missing so much of what Pocket Word could be. It adds keyboard mnemonic shortcuts to a whole mess o’ Word functions, allowing you to type full speed and [...]
Pardon the Mess Dept.
Some of you may have noticed that the post titles go wonky from time to time. Blogger seems to have issues with posts submitted by email, but that’s all I’ve got since their web console doesn’t support Pocket IE and I can’t get Pocket Blog to work to save my life. So [...]
Overcrowding Dept.
Alert reader Mike Cane recently reported that close to a dozen new PDAs will be hitting store shelves between now and year’s end. Three new models from Palm, two or three from Sony (the discontinuation of the T-655 in Japan points to an OS5 replacement), two from Dell, one from ViewSonic, three from HP.
Mike’s [...]
Too Good To Be True Dept.
I just remembered something from Mobius (don’t worry, I’ll have a full trip report up in a day or two… I’m having too much fun playing with my T-Mobile to write…). Before everyone goes all wonky over the ViewSonic V35, there’s a catch with this device. Yes, it’s got an [...]
Disclosure Dept.
Okay, for those of you that haven’t been with me from the beginning, Mobius works like this. Microsoft pays for me to fly out to Redmond, they put me up in a four-star hotel for a few days, then they feed me, show me technology demonstrations and give me cool stuff to play with. [...]
I Wanna Be Less Secure Dept.
Okay, this a completely off-topic rant, but if you don’t like it, get your own site. >;^)
George Carlin has said that airport security is an elaborate and ultimately futile game designed to make rich white people feel safe. Anyone who has flown in the last year will probably agree that [...]