How Windows CE devices are designed and built
Ever wonder why it seems to take so long for a new device to come to market? You might hear about a new product in November but not be able to buy it until June. Why? Of course, we had the answer thanks to an informative article by Chris De Herrera.

Check out this great behind the scenes view of how products are created at http://www.windowscepower.com/issues/issue199906/companions001.html.

Delays are despicable
Unfortunately, one reader was fed up with the delay in product availability and had some critical things to say about Chris De Herrera's article in this installment of our Letters to the Editor column. We included a response by De Herrera that helped put the issue into perspective.

Revisit the controversy at http://www.windowscepower.com/issues/issue199907/celetstoed0799001.html.

Windows CE and digital cameras
Every so often an article comes along that we just know will be in one of those "best of" compendiums at the end of the year. This article, by contributing editor Jason Dunn, was one of them.Here it is, just as we predicted.

Together, digital cameras and Windows CE devices make a pretty powerful team. Check out this fascinating article, at http://www.windowscepower.com/issues/issue199907/camera001.html.

The Brooks journal project
In August of 1999, one technical writer disappeared in the suburbs near San Jose, California while researching an article. A day later his Windows CE-based device was found…

In this homage to last summer's hit film, Clifford Brooks found romance while exploring several journal-keeping options for Windows CE-based devices. Read it at http://www.windowscepower.com/issues/issue199909/journal001.html.

Fun with translators
Here's a fun Letters to the Editor column we just had to include. We'd previously translated a portion of a column into French to satisfy a French reader. In this column, one of our readers poked fun at our translation and translation software in general.

Lire l'article à http://www.windowscepower.com/issues/issue199910/celte1099001.html.

Sega Dreamcast: Windows CE's newest family member
It's not often one gets a chance to play video games and call it work. Just in time for Christmas 1999, we had this piece on the Windows CE-based Sega Dreamcast. Read this fun article by senior technical editor Jason Perlow at http://www.windowscepower.com/issues/issue199911/dreamcast001.html.

A look at the first year of the Auto PC with Microsoft
Also at the close of 1999, contributing editor Mark Moeller took a close look at the Auto PC's first year, how far it had come, and where it still needed to go. This important article also included an exclusive interview with Dave Wright, Director of Business Development for the Auto PC at Microsoft.

Check it out at http://www.windowscepower.com/issues/issue199912/autopc1299001.html.

A tale of three palmtops
Mark Asadoorian, an incorrigible collector of portable electronics, compared the features of the top three Windows CE-based palmtops. If you're not quite ready to jump on the Pocket PC bandwagon and are considering one of these older models, this fun article remains a must-read for you. It's at http://www.windowscepower.com/issues/issue200003/compare001.html.