The Palm m505… Wow, people have been dreaming about this device for a couple years now. I know, because I was one of them. When my main PDA was the Palm V, I used to imagine what it would be like to have a color unit in that same form factor. That was in 1999 […]
The award for sexiest Palm PDA has long been held by the Palm V/Vx. Well, now there are 2 new Palm Vx replacements available that might get people excited all over again. There’s the m500 for people who don’t want color (are they insane?!) and the m505 for those that do. This review is for
Product Requirements: Device: Palm V series Orbino leather cases are to the Palm V series PDA as a Rolex watch is to your wrist. Pure unadulterated luxury. These cases are hand-crafted by master artisans in Italy and are made of full-grain calfskin generally reserved for the finest Italian shoes. The Orbino cases are made by
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Product Requirements: Device: Handspring Visor, Visor Deluxe, Platinum, or Prism CFCardInfo.prc 5k FAFileMv.prc 30k FAFormat.prc 5k FALib.prc 28k FAUtil.prc 19k The CompactFlash Adapter from InnoPocket is a Springboard module that allows you to use CompactFlash memory cards as alternative storage on your Handspring Visor PDA. This adapter is only for memory cards. The hardware/software is
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Product Requirements: Device: Palm V series The same company that is world renowned for their pocket knifes, is now manufacturing a line of PDA cases. Available from StylusCentral, the Code V made by Swiss Army is a Palm V series specific case made of black Italian fine grained leather. This case has a classy understated
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Product Requirements: Device: Compaq iPAQ, Casio Cassiopeia, HP Jornada (if using PocketPVS module) Desktop: Windows 98/ME/2000 (Windows 95/NT currently not supported) Pentium II-350MHz or faster PC, with at least 1 GB of hard drive space, 16 MB of RAM, a TV tuner or video capture card Picture if you will, you’re in a boring meeting
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Product Requirements: Desktop: Windows 95, 98 The ECHO PDA from Oregon Scientific is a REX-like device. As a PC card sized PDA, the REX became popular in 1997. An updated version named the REX Pro was released a year or so later. There have been subsequent other upgrades with the REX 6000 by Xircom being
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Product Requirements: Device: Palm V series The styluX stylus from PDAEX is a Palm V series stylus (Palm III series, Sony Clie, and Handspring Visor versions also available). It’s made of all metal (except for the tip of course). This stylus fits in either silo of a Palm V series device. The body of the
Product Requirements: Device: Palm V Series I’m sure you’ve seen them before, people carrying those cool looking brushed silver attaches cases. One such manufacturer of these cases is ZERO Halliburton, a company that has been in existence for over 30yrs. They are known for their high quality aircraft-grade aluminum travel cases. Now they’ve created a
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Product Requirements: Device: Palm III or m100 Series PalmPix.PRC 61k Approx. 100k per picture Desktop: Windows Systems: Windows 95, 95B (OS R/2), 98, 98SE, 2000, NT 4.0 with Service Pack 3 or higher, PC with a minimum 486 processor, Minimum of 16 MB RAM, Minimum of 20 MB hard disk space, CD-ROM drive, Color Monitor
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The AIBO Entertainment Robot ERS-210 is Sony’s 2nd generation robotic dog. The first version (ERS-110) which was released in June of 1999, sold for $2500 in limited quantities. This new version has been made readily available to the public at a much lower price of $1500 and is available in Black, Gold or Silver. AIBO
Product Requirements: Device: Handspring Visor Prism The Flip Top case for the Handspring Visor Prism is another high quality leather case from Vaja. This case is available in two versions. A magnetic closure version and a snap closure version. Each version is also available with or without a belt clip. A nice variety of leather
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Julie’s Thoughts Judie’s Thoughts I skipped Spring COMDEX 2000 for various reasons, but decided to attend this year’s conference to see if any new gadgets or gizmos would be announced. I invited Judie to attend with me so I could finally meet her in person and so I could have another Gadgeteer with me to
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The AIBO is here…. review to follow in a couple weeks. Next week so Spring Comdex. Look for a report (hopefully Tuesday night) from Judie and I as we take on the Windy City!
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Product Requirements: Device: Compaq iPAQ The Slipper Slim PAQ is a leather play through case for the Compaq iPAQ made by E&B Cases. This case is crafted from black Nappa Cowhide Leather and fits the naked (no expansion sleeves installed) iPAQ Pocket PC. Although this case is a typical E&B “Slipper”, it does have a
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Product Requirements: Device: Compaq iPAQ and HP 540 Series Pocket PCs Are you an iPAQ or HP Pocket PC owner and also the type of person that likes to spoil themselves? Or maybe you know an iPAQ or HP owner and are looking for that special gift for them and money really is no object.
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Product Requirements: Device: Palm V/Vx Personally, I feel that more than any other accessory that you might purchase for your PDA, the case that you choose is one of the biggest reflections of your personality…save maybe the styli. Some people prefer leather, some metal. What if you like both? If so, there’s now a case
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There was a delay getting an AIBO to review. Hopefully we’ll get one next week and be able to put it thru it’s paces before we head off to Spring Comdex in Chicago.
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Product Requirements: Desktop: Windows 98, ME or 2000; USB port (Win 95, NT can use serial cradle: sold separately) Macintosh Power PC; System 8.5 or later; USB port (System 7.5.3 or later can use serial cradle: sold separately) CDrom It’s that time of year again folks… Springtime… my favorite season of the year… Ah, the
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Product Requirements: Device: Palm m100, III, V, VII series and Handspring Visor Keylink.prc 17k (driver) PDA input devices have become very popular accessories. Even though Palm OS devices have several ways to enter data via the stylus (on screen keyboard, graffiti, etc.), there are people out there that still want the old fashion input abilities
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