Handheld Systems – Volume 5.2 – March/April 1997
Handheld Systems, originally PIE Developers and later PDA Developers, was the premier independent printed resource for mobile developers in the mid-to-late 1990s. At various points billing itself as “A Technical Journal for PDA Developers,” each issue contained detailed articles, tutorials, and coding examples covering all major handheld platforms.
Published by San Francisco-based Creative Digital Systems, the journal was expertly managed and edited by Steve Mann (who also wrote a number of articles in each issue).
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Artifact Details
Creative Digital, Inc.
United States
English
March, 1997
$13.95 US, $14.95 Canada
Perfect bound printed journal with light-purple paper cover and white paper.
In this issue:
- Handheld News
- The New PalmPilot Hits the Streets
- 1997: The Year of Wireless Data?
- System Integrator Profile: River Run Software
- NS BASIC Corner: Building Newton Applications
- NewtonScript Pearls: Overriding Parent Inherited Methods
- Previews and Reviews (The Nokia 9000)
- Compact Application Solution Language
- Bringing GNU Tools to the Pilot/Palm OS
- Going Digital in the US
- Cooking with Rosemary - Magic Cap 2.0
- Handheld Systems and Lynx Browsing
- Unix and Pilots: The Protocol Stack, Part 1
- Puzzle for the Nokia 9000 Communicator
- Exchanging Data with GEOS Devices
- Working Smarter, Not Harder: Debugging Newton Software
- The Dark Side Invented the World (Or So Goes the Popular Myth)
8.5" x 11" (48 pages)
Handheld Systems 5.2
March, 1997
Acquired from publisher
2018-07-27
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The March/April 1997 issue of Handheld Systems was published as Volume 5.2 and carried a cover price of $13.95 in the United States and $14.95 in Canada.1 The magazine was produced by Creative Digital Publishing Inc. of San Francisco, with Steve Mann as its principal contact.2 That same spring the publisher was completing arrangements for the third annual Handheld Systems Conference — formerly the PDA Developers conference — held April 24-26, 1997 at the San Francisco Airport Hilton and billed as the only event focused exclusively on creating handheld hardware and software products.2
The issue led with a "Special Smart Phone Focus," headlined by a review of the Nokia 9000 alongside articles on going digital in the US, GEOS data exchange, and a puzzle application.1 A dedicated Pilot section covered the new PalmPilot organizers — promoted on the cover banner as "The NEW PalmPilot Personal and Professional Handhelds" — together with synching the Pilot with UNIX and Pilot GNU tools.1 Further features addressed Newton development, including Newton debugging, Newton parent inheritances, and an article titled "The Year of Wireless."1
The back cover carried a full-page advertisement for mobile scape, a specialty retailer of handheld-computing hardware, software, accessories, and training.3
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Footnotes
- Creative Digital, Inc., Handheld Systems - Volume 5.2 - March/April 1997 (image scan), March 1997
- Creative Digital Publishing Inc., Creative Digital Posts Handheld Systems Conference Final Agenda, March 17, 1997
- Creative Digital, Inc., Handheld Systems - Volume 5.2 - March/April 1997 (image scan), March 1997
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