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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Program Requirements: Desktop: 486 or Pentium with 8meg of RAM running Windows 95, 98 or NT 4.0 (NT users require docking station) 15mb free disk space Franklin has released their next generation REX device. This new version is called the REX Pro. What’s different in this new version? The REX Pro now has a data
Program Requirements: Device: Compatible with SH3 and MIPS Palm size PCs. Needs 74k of RAM. SockOut by Field Software is a Breakout style game for your Palm size PC. You use your stylus to control a paddle at the bottom of the screen which keeps the ball in play. The object of the game is
Hello, my name is Julie Strietelmeier, and I am a couch potato. There, I’ve said it…whew… I feel better. Yes, it’s true, I like nothing better than sitting home on the weekend watching movies and tv shows that I’ve taped during the week while being at work. When the mini satellite dishes came out, I
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What makes the Palm OS PDAs so great is that virtually everything about them software-wise can be modified via 3rd party add-ons, or replacements. The T9 keyboard by Tegic Communications is one such program. The T9 keyboard replaces the built in QWERTY style keyboard. The T9 (which stands for “Text on 9 keys”) product isn’t
The WinCam.Live Internet Camera System by StarDot Technologies is a fully automated webcam. This isn’t one of those little webcams that you use to do video chat through Microsoft NetMeeting or other such programs. WinCam.Live is more suited although not limited to surveillance type work. This product can be easily configured to take a picture
The PC Remote by Concept UK is a nifty infrared gadget that will learn almost any command from any IR device. First a little background: I’ve always had the dream of controlling my VCR and DSS satellite system via my computer. I hated manually setting up my VCR to tape shows. I would constantly screw
Jot by CIC is a handwriting recognition package for Palm OS PDAs. It’s really more of a character recognition package though as you still can only input one character at a time. You can not input a string of connected characters like on a Newton device for example. The program can run on any Palm
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Are you a couch potato? Love movies and TV? If so, welcome to the club! I am a big movie and TV fan and own a DSS satellite system. With all those channels, I sometimes miss shows that I didn’t know were on. I don’t really like paper TV guides because they aren’t easy to
My J-E10MA Modem for the Casio E-10 arrived all the way from Japan (thanks go to T. Horishita). The J-E10MA is a 19.2k data V.32bis MNP, 14.4k fax compact modem adapter for the Casio E-10 Palm size PC. It’s actually just an RJ11 connector for the modem with an AC power jack… as the actual
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The FreeStyle A-15 Manager Palm size PC by Everex is their middle model. The A-15 differs from the A-10 by the additional 4meg of RAM, faster processor (The A-15 uses the NEC VR4111 processor running at 66MHz and the Everex Freestyle Associate features the NEC VR4102 running at 55MHz) and the foldable docking cradle. The
The FlightSuit case by PilotGear H.Q. is a black leather play through case. This case holds the Pilot in place via a leather yoke. The case opens book style and is held closed with a brass snap. The FlightSuit has one slot in the cover portion of the case. It’s a long slot that could
The Executive case by PilotGear H.Q. is a very nice black leather wallet style case. This case will hold either a PalmPilot or a Palm III. The PDA is held in place by a leather yoke. The Executive measures 13 5/8″ Wide by 5 1/2″ Tall (open) and 4 1/4″ Wide by 5 1/2″ Tall
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