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Smartphone & Pocket PC Magazine Special iPhone Edition
For quite a few years, I've enjoyed getting Windows Mobile news from a traditional print magazine called Smartphone & Pocket PC Magazine that does a great job of covering the use of mobile tech in the enterprise. The magazine was called Pen Computing back in the old Newton MessagePad / Palm days, but Executive Editor and Publisher Hal Goldstein moved with the market and changed the title and focus of the mag. They're following another industry trend, as recent issues have had a number of iPhone articles. Many compare one Windows Mobile phone or another to the iPhone, wondering if a Sony Ericsson EXPERIA X1 or HTC Touch Diamond is going to be the "iPhone Killer".
I was glad to see that the magazine is looking beyond the comparisons to a special iPhone edition ($14.95) to be published in August (cover mockup at right). A quick glance at their Web site showed that TUAW is one of the "Best Web Sites" for iPhone, so they're obviously doing their homework. ;-)
The publication date in August ensures that many of the App Store products and iPhone 3G accessories to be announced will end up in the special edition. It should be a fun collectible to look at 10 years from now!
In the interest of full disclosure, I've been on the Smartphone & Pocket PC Board of Experts for several years, evaluating software for the annual Best Software Awards issue.
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Jonathan Wise said 9:43PM on 6-22-2008
On a related note, has anyone else noticed that TUAW is AWFUL to view on an iPhone. Particularly over EDGE, but even over WIFI, it takes forever to load even a single article page, links to comments in my e-mail never render the comments when I pull them up on my phone, and the sight very frequently (I'd say on 50% of my visits) crashes MobileSafari.
Anyone else think TUAW should optimize for their audience? Or maybe my iPhone is just too hacked up... other websites seem to work fine.
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pwkalt1 said 11:02PM on 6-22-2008
I haven't tried to access TUAW from my iPhone, but I do have issues viewing it on Firefox 3 that I don't have on any other browser. Specifically, I have issues scrolling.
I don't know if the two are related, but I though I'd mention it.
MRCUR said 7:27AM on 6-23-2008
I have the same issue with my iPhone as well as Firefox 3. Please do something TUAW!
Hal Goldstein said 8:19AM on 6-23-2008
Thanks Steve!
First, one correction. We were never Pen Computing (http://www.pencomputing.com/), but I take it as a complement. We published The HP Palmtop Paper in the 90's. Smartphone & Pocket PC (previously named Handheld PC Magazine, and Pocket PC) has supported Windows CE handheld users since 1998.
I appreciate this intro into the iPhone community. We are actually a very small business that depend on strong volunteer end users to write for the magazine, blog for us, and judge in our annual software awards. If you have an interest in writing or blogging about iPhone / iPod touch, please E-mail me.
If your are a developer, check out our media kit at http://www.pocketpcmag.com/iphone/mediakit/default.htm where we have contact info, and outline of the premier issue, and advertising information.
Also, developers, we are thinking for the first issue, that we would have a screen shot gallery of new apps. Feel free to E-mail me an interesting and informative screenshot and a one sentence caption with the product name.
The issue will be available at newsstands and by subscription (which we haven't set up yet). Feel free to E-mail me also if you are interested in subscribing and we'll contact you as soon as you can sign up. (It will probably be $14.99 for 4 issues).
Thanks,
Hal Goldstein
Exec Editor/Publisher/Founder
Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine
www.SmartphoneMag.com
http://www.Smartphonemag.com/cms/iphone/
hal@thaddeus.com
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