Mobile Resources

Commentary: “Application integration is what it’s all about. Little talked about today, total application integration was very much part of the early pen computing vision.” “In a nutshell, this means that practically every application should have seamless access to the structure and data of other programs. Newton took an important step in this direction with its Soup-based architecture. Windows, on which Windows CE is based, has never imposed this discipline onto its applications and therefore has traditionally seen a very fractured data model.” “In my opinion, for Windows CE to be a real success, it will have to adopt an architecture that not only encourages data sharing, but pretty well makes it unavoidable.”
— John Jerney

Pen-Based Computing on the Web

Pen-Based Computing is more than a monthly newsletter—it’s a complete online resource for mobile computing information. In addition to having a site on the Web containing information about the newsletter, Pen-Based Computing co-resides with two exciting Web-based resources:

• mobilis: the mobile computing lifestyle magazine. A monthly, consumer-oriented magazine available exclusively on the Web. mobilis features how-to tutorials and articles, consumer product reviews, shareware alerts, and the informative question and answer column: Ask Ms. PDA?!?.
• Volksware’s Mobile Universe: A new and evolving collection of handy pointers to online mobile resources covering all aspects of mobile computing including PDAs, pen computers, keyboard-based handhelds, wireless communication, and PC Card-based peripherals.

To reach Pen-Based Computing on the Web, please use the following URL:

http://www.volksware.com/pbc

To reach mobilis, please use the following URL:

http://www.volksware.com/mobilis

And finally, to reach the ever changing Volksware Mobile Universe, please use the following URL:

http://www.volksware.com/universe

CompuServe

CompuServe has many resources that support pen-based computing. Among the most popular are the following online forums which support pen-based computers, PDAs and palmtops:

• GO NEWTON (Newton users forum)
• GO NEWTDEV (Newton developers forum)
• GO PALMTOP (supports most palmtop computers and PDAs)
• GO PENFORUM

The Pen Technology Forum is mostly developer oriented, but includes support for hardware, operating systems, and various pen-based software packages. You can find Pen-Based Computing in CompuServe’s Pen Technology Forum under the heading “Pen-Based Comp Jrl.”

Additional online areas will be added in the months ahead to support all aspects of portable and pen-based computing and wireless communications.

The primary managers for the above areas are:

• Ron Luks 76703,254
• Neil Shapiro 76703,401

For a free introductory CompuServe membership kit, which includes a $15 usage credit and one month’s free standard subscription (an $8.95 value) please call 1-800-524-3388 and ask for operator 307.

Internet and the World Wide Web

General

• USENET Newsgroups
  • comp.sys.pen
  • comp.sys.handhelds

General Magic/Magic Cap

• Anonymous ftp
  • ftp.plym.ac.uk/pub/Magic/
• Mailing lists
  • [email protected] (subscribe magiccap)
  • [email protected] (subscribe magicdev)
• USENET Newsgroups
  • comp.os.magic-cap
• World Wide Web
  • Magic Cap Programmer’s Cookbook: http://cnn.genmagic.com/cookbook.html
  • Spies Magic Cap Freeware Archive: http://www.spies.com/MagicCap/index.html
  • Magic Cap applist V10: http://www.spies.com/MagicCap/MagicApp.html

GEOS/Zoomer

• Palm Computing’s ftp Site
  • ftp.netcom.com (192.100.81.1) /pub/pa/palm
• Anonymous ftp
  • ftp.biostat.washington.edu (128.95.21.103) /pub/zoomer
• World Wide Web
  • Zoomer WWW Site: http://www.grot.com/zoomer/

Newton

• Anonymous ftp
  • Apple ftp site: ftp.apple.com (130.43.2.3) /pie/newton
  • sumex-aim.stanford.edu (36.44.0.6) /info-mac/Newton
  • newton.uiowa.edu (128.255.63.55) /pub/newton
  • ftp.uni-erlangen.de (131.188.2.43) /pub/Newton
  • ftp.cc.umanitoba.ca (130.179.16.24) /Mac-Develop/Newton
• USENET Newsgroups
  • comp.sys.newton.programmer
  • comp.sys.newton.misc
  • comp.sys.newton.announce
  • comp.binaries.newton
• World Wide Web
  • Stanford Newton User’s Group (SNUG): ftp://ftp.rahul.net/pub/flasheridn/snug/index.html
  • Stanford Newton Users Group Home Page II: http://www-leland.stanford.edu/~luckie/stuff/SNUGinfo.html
  • AMUG’s Newton Page: http://www.amug.org/amug_newton.html
  • The North Atlanta Newton Users Group: http://www.amug.org/amug/sigs/newton/nanug/nanug_newton.html
  • University of Iowa Newton Archive: http://newton.uiowa.edu/

PenPoint

• Mailing lists
  • [email protected] (not very active)
• World Wide Web
  • EO Interest Document: http://www.utexas.edu/ftp/microlib/eo/.html/
• Anonymous ftp
  • Archive of the PenPoint mailing list netcom.com (192.100.81.1) /pub/ds/ds/penpoint.Z

PCMCIA

• USENET Newsgroups
  • alt.periphs.pcmcia
  • fj.comp.dev.pcmcia
  • comp.os.geos

Wireless

• Archives
  • csd4.csd.uwm.edu (129.89.7.4) /pub/Portables/Wireless
• USENET Newsgroups
  • comp.std.wireless
  • comp.dcom.lans.wireless
• World Wide Web
  • Canadian Wireless Home Page: http://www.wirelessinc.ca/
  • ORNL Mobile Networking Page: http://www.epm.ornl.gov/~batsell/Wireless.html

Events

Fall COMDEX — Las Vegas, NV — November 18-22

The annual desert classic which this year will bring together an estimated 220,000 attendees. Held at the Las Vegas Convention Center and Sands Expo Center, the conference and exhibition will feature the introduction of several Windows CE-based devices along with a chance to more closely examine the new Newtons. For more information, please contact SOFTBANK COMDEX, Inc. at http://www.comdex.com.

Hand-held and PDA Expo — San Mateo, CA — December 4-6

Held at the Omni/Dunfey Hotel just south of San Francisco, this exposition and forum brings together business users with mobile hardware and software vendors and developers. Session topics include hand-held computers and PDAs, smart phones, and mobile Internet/intranet connectivity. For more information, please contact World Market Strategies/PDA, Inc. at 1-415-252-8008, 1-415-252-8055 (fax), [email protected], or http://www.wmsltd.com.

CTIA’s Wireless ’97 — San Francisco, CA — March 3-5, 1997

Held at the Moscone Center, this event represents the CTIA’s Twelfth Annual Convention and Exposition focusing on issues related to cellular communication and wireless data. For more information, please contact the CTIA convention information line at 1-202-463-7905, 1-202-467-6944 (fax), http://conv.wireless97.com/w97/.