Julie Strietelmeier

I created The Gadgeteer in 1997 as a fun way to share my passion for gadgets which began when I was a little kid. Some of my other interests include ukulele, photography, productivity hacks, and minimalism. Learn more about me and my favorite gear.

CES 2002 Trip Report Article

Julie’s Thoughts        Judie’s Thoughts I’ve always associated Las Vegas with glamour, outrageous looking hotels, glitz, Wayne Newton, slot-machine chimes, and all-you-can-eat buffets! But now, I’ll forever think of the Consumer Electronics Show when someone mentions what has long been known as ‘Sin City’. Regarding the part about the all-you-can-eat-buffets, I made Julie promise we wouldn’t […]

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Rhinoskin Molded Aluminum Slider Palm V, m50x Case Review

Product Requirements: Device: Palm Vx, V, m500, m505 Isn’t it crazy how time flies?! It seems like only yesterday when I wrote my review of the Rhinoskin Titanium Cockpit case. But in fact, it has been close to 3yrs. The Cockpit was the case that launched Rhinoskin into the extreme PDA protection biz. It was

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Inooch iPAQ Leather Case Review

Product Requirements: Device: Compaq iPAQ 3100, 3600, 3700 and 3800 series Pocket PCs You know that you’ve got a really great product when other products that come on the scene are more or less exact replicas of your original idea. Going by this axiom, it is obvious that Vaja has reached super-stardom status with their

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Kensington PDA Protector Hard Case Review

Product Requirements: Device: Palm m505, m500 and Palm V/Vx Kensington, the company long known for their PC and Mobile computing accessories, has recently come out with a line of PDA hard cases. Named the PDA Protector,  these cases are available for the Handspring Visor, Visor Deluxe, Visor Platinum and for the Palm m505, m500 and

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RumbleCard Springboard Module Review

Product Requirements: Device: Handspring Visor PDAs 2K Handmute.prc Force feedback devices are really in vogue right now. If you don’t happen to know what force feedback is, it is a device that gives you sensory feedback to your actions. For example, a force feedback joystick might give you the feeling of recoil when you shoot

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Sharp Zaurus SL-5000D Review

Product Requirements: Desktop: Windows 98, or 2000, USB Port PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants) have sure come a long way since the chicklet keyed Sharp Wizard clamshell devices. Way back in 1988, when the Wizard was first introduced, these devices weren’t even called PDAs. Instead, they were called Electronic Organizers.  At that time, the Wizard was

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