Reviews about interesting gadgets, gear, mobile technology and lifestyle products.
Requirements: Device: Handspring Visor The Handspring Modem is a Springboard 33.6Kbps modem module for the Visor PDA. The modem is powered by 2 AAA batteries that are included. Also included is a 6ft phone line. The module is made of plastic and metal. It’s nice and sturdy and not at all flimsy. A small recessed …
Program Requirements: Desktop: Windows 98/95 or NT 4.0, 16MB of RAM, 8MB hard disk space The QuickLink Pen by Wizcom Technologies Ltd. is a pen sized text scanner that can scan full lines of printed text (regular, bold, italic, inverted and underlined) in 6-22 point size with 97% accuracy. The pen can store up to …
I’m the proud owner of a Casio Protrek Triple Sensor Illuminator watch. (The list price was about $260, I bought it for about $145). Having played with it for a few weeks, I recommend it to gadget freaks everywhere – urban , suburban and serious hikers. Basically, this is a watch with a compass, barometer, …
Program Requirements: Desktop: Windows 2000, Windows 95/98 or NT 4.0 (NT 4.0 users require Service Pack 3) First they were called Palm PCs, then they were called Palm-sized PCs and now they are called Pocket PCs. Regardless of the name, the new Windows Powered devices are here. This is a review of one of the …
Program Requirements: Device: Handspring Visor 3 K free RAM Are you ever in a meeting, movie theater, or quiet restaurant with your Visor when an alarm goes off? It can be embarrassing when people nearby turn around and stare at you wondering where the sound is coming from. Tech Center Labs has a nifty solution …
Jack of All Trays is an expandable lap desk that you can pretty much use anywhere. Made of two sections of anodized aluminum, the lap desk weighs 16 ounces. When collapsed, the 1/4 ” x 8.5″ x 10″ tray is smaller than a pad of notebook paper and can be stored in a briefcase, backpack …
PRODUCT UPDATE: We recently did a review on the STYLUS+ 4-way from STYLUSplus.com…the model we did a review on contained a pencil as part of the pen (pencil, stylus tip, ink, ink)…the pen is now available withOUT a pencil (stylus tip, ink, ink, ink). The Stylus+ 4-way from STYLUSplus.com is a pen/pencil/stylus that …
Program Requirements: Device: ZIOGolf v1.1 supports Palm-size PC such as Casio Cassiopeia E-100/105/500/503/507, Compaq Aero 21xx, HP Jornada 420, 430se, ZIOGolf v1.2 supports Pocket PC such as Casio Cassiopeia E-115, HP Jornada 540 Series and Compaq’s Pocket PC will be supported in near future. 2.8meg of memory. ZIOGolf by Ziosoft is a 3D golf game …
Vaja is a high quality leather case company located in Argentina. This is a review of their Palm V series belt clip case. This play through case comes in a variety of colors: black alligator w/black leather, brown alligator w/brown leather, blue nubuck w/brown leather, green nubuck w/brown leather, horse leather(w/hair) w/black matt leather, brown …
Are you a Picasso or a Van Gogh wannabe? Or maybe you’re into drawing cartoons like the late great Charles Shultz. If you enjoy doodling, drawing or image editing and you also have a WindowsCE device, then you have to check out the following graphics packages. This is a 5 part review with new package …
Program Requirements: Device: Visor 48 K free RAM The eyemodule from IDEO turns your Handspring Visor into a digital camera that is capable of taking black and white pictures as well as color pictures. The eyemodule is a Springboard module that slides into the Visor’s Springboard slot. When it is in the slot, it is flush with the back …
LEGO. Just the sound of the word brings happy images of colored bricks, gears and wheels to mind. When I was a kid, I didn’t have LEGO toys. But once I became an adult, I started buying them for myself. There’s something magical, whether you are a child or adult, about sitting on the floor …
Are you the type of person that always has a set of earphones on your head listening to the latest tunes or audio books on your portable CD or cassette player? Well, if you also have a WindowsCE Palm sized PC, you can leave that heavy CD player and book at home! There are now …
Program Requirements: Desktop: Windows 98/95 or NT 4.0 Pentium 100 with 32meg of RAM Bi-directional Parallel Port MP3 players are very popular right now and are great for listening to tunes while you are exercising, walking, biking etc. But what do you do while you’re driving or in the office and don’t want to wear …
Program Requirements: Device: Palm Connected Organizers running Palm OS v2.04 and higher. 30 K free RAM The FlashPlug by JKS Technologie of Germany is a plug-in 8meg FLASH memory drive for your Palm Connected Organizer. The FlashPlug is a small module that plugs directly into the PDAs hotsync port. The unit is like having a …