I took my Newton MP2000 with me to a family Christmas gathering this past weekend. It sure came in handy with keeping a 13yr old boy and 6yr old girl occupied. They had never seen a Newton before and figured out how to use it very quickly. They both kept fighting over who could play […]
Julie’s Gear Diary – 1998-12-23 Read More
12/10/98 I haven’t been keeping up on this diary lately have I? I’ve been busy like everyone else with the holidays coming up. I have been working on an RPG PalmPilot game comparison review so all you gamers out there, look for that review to be coming up soon. It’s amazing the high quality games
Julie’s Gear Diary – 1998-12-10 Read More
Hello, my name is Julie Strietelmeier and I’m a 34yr old female portable video game freak. I’ve had the Atari Lynx, Sega GameGear, two original Gameboys, the Gameboy Pocket and now the new Nintendo Gameboy Color. Yes, Nintendo has finally released their much anticipated color handheld game unit and it’s a winner. The original Gameboy
Gameboy Color Review Read More
Casio was one of the first companies to release a Palm-size PC and they are also one of the first companies to release an upgraded model. Without any fanfare, the E-10 silently disappeared leaving the E-11 in its place. The main difference between the E-10 and new E-11 is the addition of 4mb of RAM
The Christmas shopping season is upon us and I thought it would be fun to know what everyone is asking Santa for – gadgetwise. Send me your wish list and I’ll post them.
Julie’s Gear Diary – 1998-11-24 Read More
Hello Gadgeteers. I’ve been a little busy lately and haven’t written on this page. I’m working on a couple reviews that should be posted within the week. Look for a comparison review of database programs for the PalmPilot and a review of Delorme’s Earthmate GPS system for the PalmPilot or laptop.
Julie’s Gear Diary – 1998-11-11 Read More
Program Requirements: Device: All Palm OS PDAs 19K free for driver or 15K free for hackmaster version of driver Landware’s GoType! keyboard is the answer to many Piloteer’s wishes. Finally a compact touch typeable keyboard that doesn’t require any special cables to use and works with both the PalmPilot and Palm III. The GoType! keyboard
GoType! Keyboard Review Read More
Ever since we saw the first mysterious clear cased PalmPilot, we have all lusted after them. Come on, don’t deny it! Unfortunately, the only way to get one was to be a software developer or to know someone on the inside. Well, now it’s not as hard to get your greedy little paws on the
Clear Palm III Case Review Read More
11/04/98 If there is any doubt that I’m a total gadget/computer maniac, read on 🙂 This weekend I bought a new guitar (Collings 0002-H). As soon as I got home, I started looking for guitar programs for my Palm III and PC. I wasn’t content to just play my new guitar, I had to also
Julie’s Gear Diary – 1998-11-04 Read More
10/28/98 A couple people responded to my question the other day about female gadgeteers. Check out their comments… It is interesting that the respondents were all male. I’ve still not heard from any women on this subject.
Julie’s Gear Diary – 1998-10-28 Read More
I just received a Pilot clip on modem the other day. I loaded Proxiweb on it. Proxiweb is an EXCELLENT web browser for the PalmPilot / Palm III. This software is very fast even at 14.4k. I think it’s faster than my 400mhz Dell desktop and 56k modem! These guys should write a PC browser!
Julie’s Gear Diary – 1998-10-27 Read More
PDA Panache seems to put out some of the best PDA styli around. They’ve just come out with a few new offerings that I’m sure you’ll be interested in checking out. I’ve already posted a review of their new Casio E series styli for the Casio Palm size PC so I won’t be including it
PDA Panache Styli Review Read More
10/24/98 I started wondering today why women in general aren’t Gadgeteers. Why is that? Am I the only true female Gadgeteer? Send me an email if you are one or disagree with me.
Julie’s Gear Diary – 1998-10-24 Read More
10/22/98 Guess what showed up in my mailbox yesterday? The Earthmate Delorme GPS receiver that works with Palm OS PDAs! I can’t wait to start playing with it. Look for a review of it and a mapping software review roundup soon. Found out that Money Manager (one of my software picks) is now commercial. You
Julie’s Gear Diary – 1998-10-22 Read More
The Pilot Armor case by Okmik Productions is an all aluminum case for the PalmPilot or Palm III. This is a new version of their first case which was called the Angel case. The Armor case comes in several brilliant anodized colors including black, red, blue, green, violet, orange, brown, yellow and clear (silver). I
Ever wish you could easily hotsync your PalmPilot with the cradle while it is still in a case? Well, thanks to a new product called The Bridge, you can. The Bridge is a cradle extender made by Midwest PCB Designs and available for purchase at PalmPilotGear H.Q. The idea was created by Don Damiani who
10/20/98 I received several nifty gadgets in the mail recently. Look for reviews of PDA Panache’s latest stylus offerings (one of them even has a laser pointer!), Vista Imaging’s webcam, the CVideo-Mail Pro webcam, and the PDA Pocket PalmPilot beltcase. I just switched from using the AutoPoint+ 3in1 stylus to the new Trio-1 stylus from
Julie’s Gear Diary – 1998-10-20 Read More
One of the latest products to come from PDA Panache is a replacement stylus for the Casio E10 (or E11) Palm size PC. This stylus comes in two variations. A black chrome and a silver chrome model.Like all the other styli that PDA Panache carries, they include a screen safe bright orange tip. This
Casio E10/11 PDA Panache Stylus Review Read More
I decided to start this new page because I am frequently asked what gear I personally use. The left side of this page will have a constantly updating list of the things I use everyday. If I’ve written a review of the product, I’ll hyperlink it so you can click on it. If not, I’ll
Julie’s Gear Diary – 1998-10-18 Read More
What is one feature that we love most about Palm OS PDAs? Customization! If there is a feature we don’t like about the Pilot, then chances are someone has written a program that fixes what we don’t like. Third party application launcher programs are one such feature that has fixed what we don’t like about
Application Launchers for Palm OS PDAs Review Read More