Julie’s Gear Diary – 1999-12-02
With the holiday season upon us, look out for a quick flurry of reviews in the next week. They might help you with gift ideas for your favorite gadget freak!
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VRJoy Review
VRJoy are LCD shutter glasses that transform images, movies and games into stereoscopic 3D. These glasses will work with any computer that uses a CRT monitor. They will also work with any operating system. There isn’t any software that you have to install to use these glasses if you just want to view images, or
MailStation Review
The MailStation is a single purpose portable Email appliance. It’s marketed towards people that do not want a computer but just need a way to send and receive email. Specs: Address Book stores up to 1000 contacts Stores approximately 400 typical E-Mail messages 3-6 weeks Battery Operation via 3-AA batteries Integrated 33.6 KBps Fax /
Extreme Limits Palm V Body Suit Review
The Palm V Body Suit case by Extreme Limit is a play through black leather case. This case is somewhat similar to the E&B Slipper type cases in that the Palm V slides into a holster and doesn’t require any Velcro to hold it there. The Palm V slides easily into the holster part of
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Motorola TalkAbout 250 Review
Ever since I was a little kid, I always wanted walkie talkies. I remember begging my Dad for a pair and one day he came home with two that he had picked up at a garage sale. I had to then coerse my kid sister to play army or cops and robbers with me outside
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Compaq Aero 1500 Series PSPC Review
Official Gadgeteer Hands On Review: Compaq Aero 1500 Series by Julie Strietelmeier Last date revised: 11/10/99 Program Requirements: Desktop: 486/33DX or higher processor (Pentium 90 recommended) Windows 95/98 or NT 4.0 8mb RAM minimum One available serial port CD-ROM drive Compaq has just released a new Palm-size PC. Surprisingly, it’s not a color unit, but
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PSION Revo Review
Program Requirements: Desktop: Windows 95/98 or NT 4.0 The new thin clam shell EPOC PDA by Psion is called the Revo. I’ve always liked Psion PDAs because they are well made and their built in software is powerful and full featured. I was really hoping that Psion would come out with a non keyboard palm
Travelboard Review
Program Requirements: Device(s): All Palm OS devices (uses 17k) WindowsCE devices (uses 30k) The Travelboard by Genovation is a portable keyboard for the PalmPilot, Visor, and WindowsCE devices. What is great is that this one keyboard will work with any compatible device as long as you have the appropriate driver installed on each device. I’ll
Versid Protective Field Case Review
Device: PalmPilot or Palm III series PDA with Modem The Versid Protective Field Case from Tangent Systems, Inc. is a black non-leather play through case for your PalmPilot or Palm III with an attached modem module. This case was actually developed for use with their temperature acquisition module which uses the modem housing. It was
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Text Entry Methods for Windows CE PSPCs Review
Until PDAs have true voice recognition, we have to use some type of manual input method to enter our data into them. The Palm-size PC comes with a built in popup QWERTY keyboard and a Grafitti like option called JOT. This review will look at them and other input options that are also available to
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Wormlight Review
Device: Gameboy Color, Gameboy Pocket The Gameboy Color and Gameboy Pocket are great little handheld game devices except for one thing: You can’t play with them in the dark. That is until now… Nyko’s Wormlight will allow you to play games on your Gameboy Color or Gameboy Pocket in the dark. The Wormlight has a
PalmVelope XL Review
The PalmVelope XL by Tware Solutions Inc. is a play through neoprene case designed for use with the Casio E100/105, Philips Nino, HP Jornada, Gameboy Color and similar sized devices. The cases come in several color choices such as Pacific Blue, Basic Black, Burgundy, Forest Green, Navy Blue, Purple, Red and Teal. I reviewed this
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Extreme Limit Casio Body Suit Review
The Casio E-100/105 Body-Suit case by Extreme Limit is a play through black leather case with white stitching. The Body-Suit has a leather holster that the Casio can easily slide into. It doesn’t require any Velcro to hold it in place. The holster is actually quite snug so that there shouldn’t be any fear of
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Handspring Visor Deluxe Review
The Visor from Handspring has finally arrived on the scene! Here’s a little snippet of background info for those of you new to Palm OS devices. Jeff Hawkins started Palm Computing in 1992. He invented the wildly successful PalmPilot line of personal digital assistants. After several years of great success he and Donna Dubinsky (former CEO of Palm Computing)
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Shock n Rock Review
Device: Gameboy Color The Shock ‘n’ Rock by Nyko is a 4 in 1 accessory for the Gameboy Color. It has a force feedback module, outputs amplified stereo sound, has a rechargeable battery pack and includes an AC adapter. The module is made of translucent purple plastic. It easily snaps on and off of a