Here's a funny story. When we started PalmPower, I was an active Newton user. I had the MP2K, which had an amazingly clear screen, great handwriting recognition, and cool software. In fact, for the first few months of PalmPower, I didn't own a PalmPilot (I would have, but our managing editor swiped it within minutes of its arrival). I'd also written one of the best-known reviews of the MP2K just months before we started PalmPower. As we all know, Apple killed the Newton and so none of us ever got a chance to see if that OS would have been a winner with the right nurturing.

To me, it's not the individual device or OS that's important. It's what you do with it. And since our business is publishing, our job is to make it possible for you to do more with your device. Since Windows CE Power Magazine is dedicated to Windows CE, we're absolutely committed to bringing you a great Windows CE resource.

Oh, and speaking of platforms, it's our understanding that WebTV will become Windows CE based. If there's any bias whatsoever, it's that Managing Editor Denise Amrich and I are both hard-core fans of WebTV. I'm on my second box and it's been, literally, a godsend to me. I'll talk more about it in future issues, though I have to say it's one of my most prized (and useful) possessions.

Let me clarify something here. We are completely impartial in each of our publications. Our stake is not in the individual OS or product. We're not in the software or hardware sales business. We don't do consulting on the side. Our company's entire income is derived from ad revenues from our publications. So we have every reason to be impartial -- and that's something you need to be able to count on from a publication like Windows CE Power Magazine.

I've gotta laugh because I regularly get letters from PalmPower readers asking me why I don't have a personal stake in the Palm platform. It's funny. Other readers seem to think we're part of 3Com. The same dichotomy is true with DominoPower. There are such strong sets of religious beliefs and yet it's just computer software and hardware. Because we use these tools so much, we literally become almost intimate with them.

In any case, you'll love Windows CE Power Magazine. If I'm doing my job right, some things will thrill you and other things will annoy you. We're a fully independent publication which means we calls 'em likes we sees 'em. But worry not. We're going to build a wonderful resource you, one you can rely on for in-depth information on this very cool connected, compact, configurable, capable, classy, classic OS.

David Gewirtz is Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of ZATZ:Pure Internet Publishing. With the fine ZATZ team, he publishes PalmPower, DominoPower, and Windows CE Power Magazines. He's also the author of The Flexible Enterprise and Lotus Notes Revealed! When not editing journals, he … wait a minute, he's always editing journals.