With all the entries on the media player market, a device has to distinguish itself to rise above the pack.  Seagate’s FreeAgent Theater does what the others do and then some.  If you’ve found shortcomings with other devices, this might be your choice.  I’ll take it through its paces and point out what I believe to be the advantages. … [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: Audio / Video Gear

Tagged: Entertainment, Video

Seagate FreeAgent Theater Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on August 27, 2009 at 3:54 pm.

I recently moved to a new home that is in a communications dead zone.  There’s no cell access, OTA TV and most troublesome, I cannot receive antenna born FM radio.  Thankfully, VTECH, the cordless phone people have introduced the IS9181 Wi-Fi Internet Radio which gives me a choice of over 11,000 Internet radio stations, plus the ability to stream my PC music files to most of my property. … [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: Audio / Video Gear, Wireless

Tagged: Entertainment, Internet Radio, Streaming

Vtech IS9181 Wi-Fi Internet Radio Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on July 14, 2009 at 8:11 am.

Do you have .99 cents jingling in one pocket, and an iPhone in the other? Do you also have a wacky sense of humor? Then you might want to check out the Singing Snowman and Singing Cat iPhone apps from Gigabyte Solutions. … [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: iPhone related

Tagged: Entertainment, Software

Gigabyte Solutions Singing Cat and Snowman iPhone Software Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on December 22, 2008 at 4:08 pm.

Astraware is one of my favorite software places but I admit that I have not popped by much recently. On my last visit, I noticed they had tweaked their prices, updated their PopCap Games Pack 1 to version 2.61 back in August, and are selling it for $19.95. This collection of popular Web games was a lot of fun when I first got it, so I decided to try it again- especially since my old registration code still works for them!

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Filed in categories: Palm OS related

Tagged: Entertainment, Palm, Software

PopCap Games Pack 1 – Palm OS Game Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on December 11, 2008 at 5:36 pm.

Electronic Arts continues to add to their already impressive list of applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch. They have just added Yahtzee Adventures to their line up of classics board games brought to your electronic device. My family and I are huge Yahtzee fans and regularly play the board game after dinner or on a rainy Sunday afternoon. When my wife and I found out it was available for our Touch and iPhone we jumped at the chance to try it out.

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Filed in categories: iPhone related

Tagged: Entertainment, iPhone, Software

Electronic Arts Yahtzee Adventures – iPhone Game Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on December 4, 2008 at 6:21 pm.

My favorite type of games to play are puzzle games. I’ve been a fan of Sokoban style games for years and have installed them on every PDA or smartphone that I’ve carried. When software developer Bas Tossings emailed to ask if I would like to take a look his iPhone / iPod Touch puzzle game called Loopy Laboratory, I said sure!

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Filed in categories: iPhone related

Tagged: Entertainment, iPhone, Software

Loopy Laboratory – iPhone Game Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on November 11, 2008 at 6:15 pm.

New Palm games are getting less and less frequent. This really saddens me- I really love my Palm Centro and I get bored with games quickly, so constantly need fresh blood… er, I mean ‘games’- yeah, that’s what I meant.

Ashley Glenister wrote ‘The Belt: 2120′ in her spare time, and it compares nicely to games offered by many of the ‘big boys’.

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Filed in categories: Palm OS related

Tagged: Entertainment, Palm, Software

Albyte’s The Belt 2120 – Palm OS Game Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on October 23, 2008 at 7:30 am.

This review was not on my to-do list. But I thought this iPhone application was so imaginative, well thought out and useful (at least to me) I had to write a quick review on it. My wife and I enjoy trying different wines, rarely focusing on any particular one. And as the story goes, we can never remember what we have and have not tried. And on those rare moments we do, we have no idea whether we liked, loved, or hated it.

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Filed in categories: iPhone related

Tagged: Entertainment, iPhone, Software

Wine Log – iPhone Software Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on September 10, 2008 at 5:15 pm.

This is not the game I planned on reviewing. That was going to be Astraware’s Westward, but I was beseiged by demons while trying it out (named Small Screen, Bad-Eyes, and Lotsa Rulez) so it will have to wait.

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Filed in categories: Palm OS related

Tagged: Entertainment, Palm, Software

Trivopaedia – Palm OS Game Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on August 20, 2008 at 9:40 pm.

Astraware have been long known for making great games for both Palm and Windows Mobile. Now they are bringing their eye catching graphics and addictive entertainment to the iPhone and iPod Touch with GTS World Racing.

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Filed in categories: iPhone related

Tagged: Entertainment, iPhone, Software

Astraware GTS World Racing – iPhone Game Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on August 10, 2008 at 12:15 pm.

Electronic Arts has brought Scrabble, the classic board game to the iPhone and iPod Touch. This word building game has been around since the 1930’s and is fun for kids and adults alike. Let’s see if see how EA’s version translates to the iPhone.

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Filed in categories: iPhone related

Tagged: Entertainment, iPhone, Software

Electronic Arts Scrabble – iPhone Game Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on July 21, 2008 at 12:30 pm.

Sudoku is a hugely popular puzzle game that I’ve admittedly really never given much of a chance. When
Electronic Arts asked if I would like to review their new iPhone and iPod Touch Sudoku game, I knew that If I agreed, I’d finally have to try to get into this game in order to give the review a fair shot. Let’s see if this game has turned me into a Sudoku fan.

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Filed in categories: iPhone related

Tagged: Entertainment, iPhone, Software

Electronic Arts Sudoku – iPhone Game Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on July 21, 2008 at 9:30 am.

Electronic Arts is one of the mainstream software companies that have contributed to the initial selection of applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Let’s check out their take on the classic brick stacking game Tetris.

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Filed in categories: iPhone related

Tagged: Entertainment, iPhone, Software

Electronic Arts Tetris – iPhone Game Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on July 21, 2008 at 8:00 am.

As I was a cruzin’ for new games, I found that eSoft Interactive, the home of one of my ‘All Time Favorite’ games, Traffic Jam, had several titles I had not seen before, including the previously reviewed Traffic Jam 2. I also asked for codes for a couple of other games that looked interesting- Earth Day, and Spot!, They were kind enough to provide codes for all of them.

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Filed in categories: Palm OS related

Tagged: Entertainment, Palm, Software

eSoft Interactive Spot! and Earth Day – Palm OS Game Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on July 8, 2008 at 8:19 pm.

Astraware’s Platypus ($19.95) is a side-scrolling shooter. Yeah, I know, *Yawn*. If you’ve seen one shooter, you’ve seen them all, right? As usual, Astraware ups the ante.

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Filed in categories: Palm OS related

Tagged: Entertainment, Palm, Software

Astraware Platypus: Palm OS Game Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on June 5, 2008 at 4:17 pm.

While the life of a Palm Software Reviewer at a prestigious site like The Gadgeteer may seem glamorous, in reality I have to wade through a lot of mediocre stuff to find something that rings my bells enough to write about it- whether it is because I love it or I hate it. Toyspring’s ‘Bike or Die’ ($14.95) is a breath of fresh air in what has been a rather tedious season.

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Filed in categories: Palm OS related

Tagged: Entertainment, Palm, Software

Toyspring’s Bike Or Die: Palm OS Game originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on April 24, 2008 at 11:22 am.

The Death of a Good Idea, A Cautionary Tale

Once upon a time, a perfectly nice little company had a perfectly nice little game- eSoft Interactive’s Traffic Jam, based on a board game with the same name. It used few resources, was stable, intuitive, attractive, and fun. I would stack it up against any other company’s offerings for its price of $9.95.

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Filed in categories: Palm OS related

Tagged: Entertainment, Palm, Software

eSoft Interactive Traffic Jam 2: Palm OS Game originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on March 25, 2008 at 5:00 pm.

Suit of the suicide king in a standard deck?

Body of water where the Republic of the Maldives is located?

Don’cha love trivia? I love trivia. I played Trivial Pursuit
when it came out in the early 80’s and routinely beat the pants off so many people that no one would play with me anymore. In hindsight, I am not sure if it was their humiliating defeats, or my winner’s dance that they objected to the most, but I digress.

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Filed in categories: Palm OS related

Tagged: Entertainment, Palm, Software

Triv: Palm OS Game originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on February 12, 2008 at 2:31 pm.

I love Games Magazine, but generally not every game in the magazine. I feel about the same way about Simon Tatham’s Puzzles Pack. (Thanks to The Gadgeteer Forums poster Mark Reid for the heads-up on this one!) Some of the 27 games in this freeware collection are pretty cool (Black Box, Guess, Map, Same Game, Unequal and Tangle so far are favorites), several are variations on the theme, and a couple I still have not figured out.

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Filed in categories: Palm OS related

Tagged: Entertainment, Palm, Software

Simon Tatham Puzzles: Palm OS Game originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on January 10, 2008 at 8:38 pm.

Dear Santa

What I REALLY want for Christmas is to get this review done. Maybe I bit off more than I could chew- reviewing a list of good Palm games, after all, is a tough thing to do, especially since a lot of my favorites are now discontinued! Let’s try to move on, however.

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Filed in categories: Articles, Palm OS related

Tagged: Entertainment, Palm, Software

Palm OS Games Wish List 2007 originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on December 11, 2007 at 7:41 pm.

Aspirin. I know I have aspirin around here somewhere. Man, what a headache.

Ok, I’ve just been playing Astrawareís Hidden Expedition: Titanic, and I have a massive headache. Actually, I have a couple of them.

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Filed in categories: Palm OS related

Tagged: Entertainment, Palm, Software

Astraware Hidden Expedition: Titanic : Palm OS Game originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on November 13, 2007 at 4:21 pm.

I remember where I was and what I was doing when we landed on the moon for the first time. After hearing Neil Armstrong’s first words, I hopped on my bike and tore through the neighborhood shouting it out. It was an exciting time, and already I was displaying the telltale signs of massive nerdiness.

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Filed in categories: Palm OS related

Tagged: Entertainment, Palm, Software

Palm OS Game: SimToGo LEM Simulator originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on September 28, 2007 at 8:36 pm.

Most sports simulations use the same interface- push and hold a button to aim, then push and hold for power, then tap to shoot or release. While it is annoying that no one seems to have figured out a better interface for playing, say, mini-golf, it is nice that the interface is becoming almost intuitive.

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Filed in categories: Palm OS related

Tagged: Entertainment, Palm, Software

Rats & Spears – Palm OS Game originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on August 30, 2007 at 4:50 pm.

As a kid, I remember sitting in front of my Mom’s vertical Baldwin piano, trying to learn to play Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 Ode To Joy. I never had real lessons, I just used the many lesson books that my Mom had used when she was a little girl. The piano bench was full of them and I loved paging through them, seeing the cartoon-like pictures for each new song. Once in awhile my Mom would sit down on the bench with me to give me pointers, but for the most part she never criticized my talent or lack there of. I just loved plunking those keys, making music. It didn’t matter if I was any good at it or not. Wow, I’m tearing up just writing this. I miss my mom…

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Filed in categories: Musical Gear

Tagged: Desktop, Entertainment, Instrument, Software

Piano Wizard PREMIER Keystation 49e Package originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on August 8, 2007 at 9:39 pm.

Your PDA has been infested… infested by a world of pesky gnomes that pop up from holes a la ‘Whack-A-Mole’. Ye gods- this demands our immediate action! Taking our trusty stylus, we can bop, pop, bash, or hammer the invaders to submission!

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Filed in categories: Palm OS related

Tagged: Entertainment, Palm, Software

Astraware Hammerheads – Palm OS Game originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on June 28, 2007 at 12:55 pm.