Yesterday we saw ‘The Return of the King’ at our local theater. Since we had just watched ‘The Two Towers’ the day after Christmas, we were eager to see the series conclusion, and boy – was it something else! It is rare for me to sit straight through a two hour movie without getting up […]
Judie’s Gear Diary – 2003-12-30 Read More
Product Requirements: Three AA batteries It can be so easy to fall into the trap of assuming* that the rest of the world uses their computers, PDAs, and smartphones in the same manner or frequency in which I use mine. It’s almost a form of snobbery to think that everybody else is just as proficient
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Cool looking phone / necklace. Too bad it’s not available here in the US.
Spotlight Gadget: Xelibri 8 Read More
American Idol wannabe’s rejoice! Here’s a compact karaoke machine with 980 built in tunes.
Spotlight Gadget: Handystar Read More
If you enjoy burning candles, these fire-free rechargeable alternatives might strike your fancy too.
Spotlight Gadget: Candeloo Read More
If you have an extra USB port, and a stinky room, check out the iClean USB air purifier.
Spotlight Gadget: iClean Read More
I hope that Santa was good to all of you! I must not have been a very good Gadgeteer this year, because he brought me a wonderful head cold as a gift. Which explains why I’m up at 3:00am… Since I can’t sleep, I thought I’d check out a couple Pocket PC games that Clickgamer
Julie’s Gear Diary – 2003-12-26 Read More
Cartridge that enables you to use your GameBoy Advance SP (or GameBoy Advance) to play video and audio files, or as an eBook reader.
Spotlight Gadget: GBA SP Movie Player Read More
Product Requirements: Device: PalmOne Tungsten T|3 For those of us who NEED a heavy-duty, protective case for our PDAs, Innopocket and Proporta have stepped into the role that Rhinoskin used to occupy. In all fairness – the supplier of the aluminum cases for Innopocket and Proporta seems to be the same supplier as Rhinoskin’s these
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Merry Christmas to me! I just received a stainless steel prototype/pre-production Tapwave “Bolt” stylus from Mark Hammill, and let me tell you – this is a vast improvement over the stylus that shipped with the Zodiac. Mark has told me that so far there are just two of these styli in existance – one in
Judie’s Gear Diary – 2003-12-24 Read More
Dear Santa, Please bring me this Jacuzzi whirlpool bath with 43in LCD, DVD and floating remote. I’ve been a good girl, really! Julie
Spotlight Gadget: La Scala Read More
Bluetooth GBA cartridge that allows up to 7 people to play games wirelessly.
Spotlight Gadget: X-traFun Read More
Update 07/20/07: There’s a new and improved version of the Kill-A-Watt now. Read the review of the Kill-A-Watt EZ. Product Requirements: An electronic device that uses a regular US two or three (grounded) 125V pronged power cord I don’t know about you, but there are some months when I get my electric bill that make
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Case that fits over most keys, that will give you a visual indicator if you locked the door. Great for people like me that can’t remember anything!
Spotlight Gadget: memorycap Read More
It is that time of the year again, the time when Julie’s and my in-boxes fill with invitations and requests for RSVPs, the time when every trip to the mail results in letters with interesting return addresses, and a time ripe with the promise of gadgety goodness: It’s time for 2004 CES! Julie and I
Judie’s Gear Diary – 2003-12-22 Read More
The events of October 27th, 2003 still remain fresh in my mind. The day started out innocently enough, but then ended in tragedy, while I was writing a review of an iPod case. The case was not compatible with my 30gb model, and required that I use scissors to extract it <queue Psycho shower scene
RadTech Ice Cream iPod Acrylic Polish Review Read More
Product Requirements: Device: Various PDAs I’m already on my second Sony TG50. I think that most of my problems with PDA damage (or at least a good 40%) stem from the fact that I carry them around in my breast pocket. Everything is fine with this method, unless (of course) my torso does not
Tuff-as-Nuts Nutshell PDA Case Review Read More
If you’re a Pocket PC user looking for a new time waster, do yourself a favor and check out Escape Velocity from ClickGamer.com. This is a very addictive puzzle game that is cross between Tetris and Pipes. You tap on the pipes to rotate them in such an orientation that they can connect to other
Julie’s Gear Diary – 2003-12-18 Read More
Stream video from your Mini DV camcorder directly into this Firewire hard disk without a PC.
Spotlight Gadget: MCE QuickStream DV Read More