PDA Developers – Volume 3.4 – July/Aug 1995
PDA Developers, originally PIE Developers, was the premier, independent printed resource for mobile developers in the mid-to-late 1990s. 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
July, 1995
$10.95 US, $11.95 Canada
Perfect bound printed journal with cream-colored cover and white paper.
In this issue:
- PDA News, Wireless Watch
- Previews and Reviews (Magic Xchange for Windows, CodeWarrior Magic, QuickFigure Pro Tools, HP 100CX, An Introduction to PAL, Personal Media, An Introduction to EROS)
- Wireless Development Tools and Programs
- The GEOS DB Library
- An Overview of CodeWarrior Magic/MPW
- The Graying of the Newton
- Resourceful, Objective 3A Programming
- LifeStreams for the Newton
- A User Proto Intro
- Tools, Borders, & Installers
8.5" x 11" (56 pages)
PDA Developers 3.4
July, 1995
Acquired from publisher
2018-07-21
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PDA Developers Volume 3.4 is the July/August 1995 issue of PDA Developers, a printed journal subtitled "A Technical Journal for PDA Developers" that carried a cover price of $13.95 in the United States and $14.95 in Canada.1
The journal was published by Creative Digital Systems of San Francisco, California.2 Creative Digital was also the organizer of the PDA Developers East '95 developer conference, co-sponsored by Geoworks.3
Feature articles in the issue addressed development across several handheld platforms, among them CodeWarrior Magic/MPW, customizing the Magic environment, wireless toolkits for PDAs, the GEOS database library, getting started with Protos, Newton graphics effects, Psion object-oriented programming, and a Newton information-system client.1 A previews-and-reviews section covered Magic Xchange, CodeWarrior Magic, QuickGuide PDA Tools, Personal Media, PAL, and EROS.1
The issue's back cover carried a full-page advertisement for Metrowerks' CodeWarrior Magic development environment.1
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Footnotes
- Creative Digital, Inc., PDA Developers - Volume 3.4 - July/Aug 1995 (image scan), July 1995
- Creative Digital, Inc., Creative Digital Systems - PDA Developers East '95 (Press Release) (image scan), April 1, 1995
- Creative Digital, Inc., PDA Developers East '95 Conference Details (Pamphlet) (image scan), 1995
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