Forgive my tardiness in posting entries lately. Jeez, I’m either lazy or buzy. Let’s go with the latter ok? ;o) A few updates… My computer room remodel is now officially complete. I have all my junk (I mean equipment) moved back in and am quite happy with how the room turned out. Now I’m ready […]
Julie’s Gear Diary – 2005-02-23 Read More
Product Requirements: Device: All current iPod Models Most people probably recognize the object in the picture below. If you don’t, you really need to get out into the gadget world a bit more ;o) Yes, it’s an iPod dock. Simple and functional, but let’s just admit it shall we? It’s b-o-r-i-n-g. What if your iPod
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Product Requirements: Device: 3rd, 4th, and Mini iPod versions We’ve reviewed several products from OtterBox in the past. The first review was posted in 1999, then another in 2002, and yet another in 2003. These three reviews were all for watertight PDA cases, but OtterBox isn’t just about PDAs, they also sell cases for tablet
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Product Requirements: Device: Windows PC 98, 2000, ME, XP or later Like almost all products on the market, the consumer has a variety of brand choices that tend to map directly to price choices. For example, if you’re in the market for a pair of jeans, you can buy a no name pair at Wal-Mart
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I don’t know why I post that I’ll have a review ready on a specific day. It always comes back to bite me in the you-know-what when I can’t deliver. Yeah, I’m not getting the Dell X50v posted tonight like I promised. Tough week on the family side of things caused my plans to slip
Julie’s Gear Diary – 2005-02-11 Read More
For those of you that have been waiting and waiting and waiting, the Dell X50V Pocket PC review will be posted Friday. :o) — Just received a new addition to my gadget family: The Sony U71P mini XP tablet/ultraportable. So far this little guy is very nice! Review soon. — My computer room remodel is
Julie’s Gear Diary – 2005-02-09 Read More
Product Requirements: Device: HP hx4700 / hx4705 iPAQ Pocket PC Used to be, when you’d think of metal PDA cases, the first company that came to mind would be RhinoSkin with their Titanium tank like cases. Unfortunately, they quit making the Ti cases awhile ago and now sell leather and aluminum PDA protection instead.
Innopocket Magnum HP hx4700 iPAQ Case Review Read More
Happy Monday I spent the weekend playing two games on my Pocket PC. Shape Shifter from Astraware, and Curse of the Pharaoh. Both are fun puzzle games that will keep your mind occupied for several hours (or until your battery dies!). Judie is addicted to Shape Shifter too. Can Astraware make a bad game? I
Julie’s Gear Diary – 2005-02-07 Read More
When the Sony PlayStation Portable (known from here on out as the PSP) was first announced in May of 2004, gaming enthusiasts began clamoring for information on this state of the art handheld gaming console. Even though this device was originally released only in Japan (December 12, 2004), that didn’t stop people here in
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It is a known fact that home office floors are the perfect environment for spaghetti breeding grounds. Not Italian spaghetti, but cable spaghetti! Just look under your desk and you’ll see exactly what I mean. Need a real example? Then check out these pictures of just a few of the items that I have in
CORDination Station PRO Series 1 Review Read More
Weekend Web Tidbits How would you like to play every old school Nintendo NES game via your web browser? Click the link below for a blast from the past! Pretty cool, although the games have no sound. How about a game of Lemmings using your web browser? This one DOES have sound! Now back to
Julie’s Gear Diary – 2005-01-23 Read More
Peter Balogh, the CEO of PDAmill Ltd sent word that they have just released two cool new games for public beta testing. One of them is the Smartphone port of their best-selling futuristic 3D racing game, Flux Challenge. The other one is a VGA resolution version of the award winning GameBox Solitaire for the new
Julie’s Gear Diary – 2005-01-20 Read More
Shhhhhhh… Don’t tell anyone, but I’ve been cheating on my iPod for a couple months now! Yes, I know it’s hard to believe, but it’s true. These days I don’t listen to the iPod at all on my drive to and from work. What is my new digital audio player of choice? Actually, it’s not
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James McCarthy of Pocket Anywhere Magazine has been kind enough to offer the latest issue of his online magazine to The Gadgeteer readers for free. This is a 48 pages of content for Palm OS, Windows Mobile, iPod and Mac OS X enthusiasts. If you register for a free account, he’ll even throw in a
Julie’s Gear Diary – 2005-01-19 Read More
After being disappointed that I wasn’t able to use either the Orange SPV500 or the Motorola MPx220 smartphones here at my house on the Cingular or AT&T networks, I pretty much resigned myself to waiting until March (that’s when my current Verizon contract runs out) to upgrade to a new phone. As usual, my impatience
Julie’s Gear Diary – 2005-01-16 Read More
Julie’s comments are in Black, Judie’s are in Blue and italicized. Read Part 1 here and Part 2 here. Friday Julie and I overslept! I could swear that the alarm clock was set correctly, but it’s possible that neither of us even heard it when it went off. In any case, by around 9:30 we
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Julie’s comments are in Black, Judie’s are in Blue and italicized. Read Part 1 here and Part 3 here. Thursday We started the day with a rib sticking Luxor buffet breakfast. We had to gear up for a full day of walking didn’t we? Actually their buffet was pretty darn good. Once we finished, we
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Julie’s comments are in Black, Judie’s are in Blue and italicized. When most people are still trying to recover from holiday season festivities, the first week of January is the time to take a trip to Las Vegas, Nevada to check out the Mecca for all gadgeteer’s: the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). This show which
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Product Requirements: Device: Various portable electronic devices such as mobile phones, PDAs, digital cameras, MP3 players and more You may remember Judie’s review of the iGo Juice Combination AC and Auto/Air Notebook Power Adapter. Made by Mobility Electronics, this charger allowed for notebook charging along with another device. Well, now we have a new charging
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We’re baaack (me in Indiana and Judie in Texas). As you can tell, we didn’t get around to posting the CES trip report while we were in Las Vegas. We hope to have it up tomorrow if Judie gets her luggage back today as all of the CES show pictures are on her MiniMe (Fujitsu
Julie’s Gear Diary – 2005-01-09 Read More