Ed, the Editor-in-Chief at Brighthand, just posted an article about Palm OS 6 (Cobalt) possibly not appearing until 2006. In Ed’s article, palmOne’s president Ed Colligan was quoted as saying, “Nobody knows when we’ll start the shift to Cobalt, OS 6, or on which devices,” Mr. Colligan said. “For now, we’re saying that we’ve built […]
Judie’s Gear Diary – 2004-11-08 Read More
Product Requirements: 64MB Main Memory or more, 40MB Hard Disk space or more, MS Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP, Mac OS 10x (usage is limited to transfer music files), USB Port, CD ROM Drive I feel that in just a short amount of time I have really had my eyes opened to the world of personal digital music
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Product Requirements: HP iPAQ hx4700 / hx4705 PDA Maybe you actually need the protection that an all-aluminum molded case will provide your PDA. Or maybe you just like the idea that if a wild herd of bulls were to stomp on your PDA while wearing such a case, it would survive. Or perhaps you just
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Product Requirements: HP iPAQ hx4700 / hx4705 PDA I don’t know about you, but I have been excitedly waiting for cases to start coming out for the new HP iPAQ hx4700 series. Even though this metal-shelled beast has already proven to me that it can take the day to day abuse which I dish out,
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Product Requirements: An audio device with a headphone jack and a stereo with an FM receiver, one AAA battery Last year I favorably reviewed the Digiana Wireless Audio Portable FM Linker, a FM transmitter that could play content from audio devices through an FM station of the user’s choosing. This year, Merconnet is offering a
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Ok! Let’s start a countdown…!!Julie just IM’d me with a link to the new 60GB color Apple iPod Photo. My $1 says that she will ditch the 40GB within a month and get this bad boy. Who’s in? ;0)
Judie’s Gear Diary – 2004-10-26 Read More
Product Requirements: Any mobile phone measuring approximately 4″ (10cm) tall x 1.75″ (4.5cm) x 0.75″ (2cm) or less If the hard lines of your mobile phone just don’t make it seem cuddly enough, and if you tend to have a whimsical outlook on life, then you might want to take a look at the Lovely
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I am in the process of running some major benchmark tests on my iPAQ hx4700. I want to compare those results to the ones I get after I have received my iPAQ back from its Pocket PC Techs’ 128MB internal RAM upgrade. It will be hard to go back to the iPAQ 1945 for a
Judie’s Gear Diary – 2004-10-24 Read More
Product Requirements: One of the PDAs or Tablet PCs listed on this page The large gorgeous screen on the new iPAQ hx4700 was one of the biggest deciding factors for my purchase. For the first couple of days after I received the PDA, I did not have a screen protector installed. Every time I went
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I recently passed my four year anniversary with The Gadgeteer. During those years I have written over three hundred reviews, and I have purchased over fifteen PDAs, two Laptop computers, three desktop computers as well as countless other gadgets and accessories. I have made many trips to consumer trade shows, private press events, and enthusiast
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Not exactly gadget related, but definitely worth a mention: For those of you that have a macabre sense of humor (like me), I submit to you the most unusual “family portraits” ever…just in time for the Halloween season. ;0)
Judie’s Gear Diary – 2004-10-13 Read More
Product Requirements: Two AAA batteries (included) While I was recently perusing the Watch Brando site, I came across an interesting gadget, the Turnable Calendar Clock. This 2.75″ tall x 2.75″ wide x 1″ thick translucent colored block includes the day and date, the time, an alarm, a room temperature meter, a countdown timer and a
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My sweet husband ordered me one of the Power Stations offered in the Herrington catalog that we have posted in the Latest Gadgets section. It came today and I must say that it has solved a huge electronics to outlet ratio problem that had me stumped. The Power Station holds up to three electronic items
Judie’s Gear Diary – 2004-10-12 Read More
Well, it looks like Sirius Satellite Radio just became a major contender. In a $500 million deal, they signed Howard Stern to a five year contract beginning January 2006. Whether you listen to him or not, this defection by Howard Stern from mainstream radio to satellite is big news. Add to that the fact that
Judie’s Gear Diary – 2004-10-07 Read More
Product Requirements: A USB sync/charger for your electronic device Buying a PDA that comes with a cradle is just wonderful for those who sit at a desk day in and day out. Viewing that PDA’s screen when it is sitting propped up at an appropriate angle is quite convenient. However, the first time the owner
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Now that I am back to using a Pocket PC as my daily driver, I am once again enjoying the built-in Today Screen and all of the little programs that can be displayed there. These make my whole PPC experience more enjoyable and personalized. Two of the programs I can’t do without, Journal Bar and
Judie’s Gear Diary – 2004-10-06 Read More
I am always amazed when someone comes up with a simple solution that solves a serious problem. You know, one of those types of ideas or tools that makes you smack your forehead wondering why you didn’t think of it, once you’ve learned of it. Some of the best ideas are those which can either
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Product Requirements: Supported phones include: Nokia 8210/8250, Samsung N628/T108, Nokia 7210/7250, Ericsson T28/T29, Motorola V998/T191 and other compatible models Oh, to be fourteen again…back in the days before caller ID and *69. Back when you could make a prank phone call without getting busted. You had better believe that if I had owned a cell
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Perhaps you all have noticed that The Gadgeteer has long had an Amazon affiliate bookstore as well as a Clickgamer software store. Well, Julie and I are trying something new. We decided to create a page with nothing but affiliate links for stores and companies that either interest us or that we think might interest
Judie’s Gear Diary – 2004-09-30 Read More
Product Requirements: A strong grip I will start this review by stating that I hate having to buy single use alkaline batteries for items around the house. For that reason, just about everything that we own which requires power has a rechargeable battery and/or can be plugged into an outlet. Batteries are inconvenient. They are
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