Posted Tuesday, July 11, 2000 10:01:40 AM PST
by Ed
Nancy Kress's "Beggars in Spain"
Fictionwise.com has announced that the Hugo and Nebula Award winning novella, "Beggars in Spain" by Nancy Kress, is now available for $1.99 in Palm eBook format. "Beggars in Spain" is widely recognized as one of the most important science fiction novellas of the last decade," commented Stephen Pendergrast, co-publisher at Fictionwise.com. "It is one of the essential stories that explores the ramifications of genetic engineering, a topic of growing importance in the 21st century."
Zen and the Art of the Internet
Finally available as a Palm e-book, the legendary computer book, "Zen and the Art of the Internet", has been selected by Qvadis as the Palm e-Book-of-the-Month for nonfiction. "The Riddle of the Sands", widely acclaimed as the first modern spy novel, has been picked as the fiction selection. Qvadis' e-Book-of-the-Month feature highlights quality reading available for the Palm platform.
Posted Monday, July 10, 2000 11:49:55 AM PST
by Robert Zach
Want to use your Palm to find your way? Clip on
Rand McNally's GPS receiver for the Palm V and do just that!
The StreetFinder GPS is an all inclusive kit containing the Palm V/Vx clip-on GPS Receiver, StreetFinder Deluxe Software, Car Mount, 12V Car Adapter, 2 AAA batteries, and a Carrying Case that will fit both thee Palm and Receiver. Read on for the full review.
Posted Monday, July 10, 2000 11:19:46 AM PST
by Steve Litchfield
Issue 4 of
PalmUser magazine is now shipping. At 120 pages and around 40,000 words, PalmUser is the world's biggest paper-based publication devoted entirely to Palm organizers and compatibles.
Issue 4 includes:
- Another MASSIVE review section, including TakeNote/WordSleuth, NS Basic, Time Traveler, axxpac, Kodak Palmpix camera, Collins Language Dictionaries, InfoSelect, book reviews and more - 20 reviews in total!
Posted Monday, July 10, 2000 9:03:50 AM PST
by Ryan
Palm is now the first wireless computing device to lend a hand to stranded motorists.
1-800 Tow Truck is offering a free tow truck referrals and taxi requests to stranded drivers using a Palm VII wireless device. More at this CNET
article.
"Traveler SOS offers Palm handheld customers a versatile and easy-to-use program for emergencies on the road," Byron Connell, vice president of Palm's consumer marketing group, said in a statement today. "Applications like this are a great example of how Palm handhelds and Web clipping technology can be used to create powerful solutions for our customers."
Posted Friday, July 7, 2000 7:07:11 AM PST
by Ryan
The long awaited Nintendo Gameboy emulator for the Palm OS is out! You can download the shareware version from
GambitStudios, the full version is expected in a few days. Post any reviews you'd like to with this article and you can also leave questions for our interview with Maven, the lead developer of Liberty
here. Read on for the full hands on review.
Update: The full version is available now from their site for $16.95.
Posted Friday, July 7, 2000 7:06:55 AM PST
by Rob Cassiere
Omnisky, the wireless internet service provider, is now running a $149 rebate offer on the wireless modem. You need to sign up for six months of continuous paid service to qualify for the rebate. You can order at their
site.
Posted Thursday, July 6, 2000 4:03:42 PM PST
by Ryan
We will be conducting a
Slashdot style interview with
Maven, developer of
Liberty, the Palm OS Gameboy emulator. Liberty is due to hit the Palm scene any day now. Post your questions for Maven with this story and we will review each question and select the best 10 or so. Then we will email them off to Maven and post his answers shortly thereafter.
Notes before you post:
Due to an anticipated high volume of questions, please confine yourself to one question per post, and keep it short and to the point!
Posted Thursday, July 6, 2000 8:55:10 AM PST
by Ed
Despite sending out a
press release last week that implied that the long-awaited GameBoy™ emulator for the Palm would be ready July 4, the
Gambit Studios site contains this message, "We are excited to announce the first GameBoy emulator for the Palm platform is undergoing final testing and will be available within the next few days! Thanks for your patience."
It is interesting to note that it has apparently been renamed from Gambit to Liberty.
UPDATE: Aaron Ardiri, user interface developer for the Liberty emulator, posted a few screenshots here to calm the nay-sayers. The release date could be any day now. Please be patient, a lot of time and effort has been invested in this and it will be quite worth the wait! -Ryan
Posted Thursday, July 6, 2000 7:08:55 AM PST
by Ed
The results are in and the ZDnet Palm OS Program of the Year is
BackupBuddy NG. The Peoples Pick award went to
AvantGo. Winners were also
announced in several other categories, like best games, hacks, PQA, etc. These nominees were all chosen from applications that were new or substantially updated between March 1999 and March 2000.
Posted Wednesday, July 5, 2000 2:10:11 PM PST
by Ed
You might have noticed that the 14.4 Kbps PalmModem has gotten hard to find. The Palm Online Store no longer carries it and neither do most retailers. However, without any fanfare, a
notice has appeared that Palm is developing a faster version. Details are very scanty, including how fast it will be, the release date, and the price. They do say it will work on the entire Palm III series.
Posted Wednesday, July 5, 2000 10:17:38 AM PST
by Ed
HandHeldCrime, the newest addition to the computer-age pulps, brings handheld computer users a selection from the best crime fiction on the Web today. In partnership with a number of established Web publications, HandHeldCrime presents short fiction specially formatted for handhelds, delivered free of charge by e-mail, through AvantGo, or by download from their site.
Posted Wednesday, July 5, 2000 8:38:02 AM PST
by Ed
Rather than use traditional pencil/paper golf scoring methods, golfers can now use IntelliGolf v5.0 to automate on course golf scoring, track wagers, keep caddie-style notes, track shots by club, collect over 250 golf-related statistics, and access over 8,500 signature courses on the Visor. IntelliGolf for the Visor is immediately available from resellers listed at the
IntelliGolf site. Suggested list price $39.95. Current IntelliGolf v4.1 module customers can upgrade to v5.0 using this $19.95
trade-up offer.
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