Reviews about interesting gadgets, gear, mobile technology and lifestyle products.
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 Fitaly Keyboard by Textware Solutions is an alternative keyboard for entering data into the PalmPilot or Palm III. The name “Fitaly” is derived from the center row of keys as shown below. Before I go any further, I have to stress that everyone’s typing and graffiti writing abilities are different. So whether you
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
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
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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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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If you are in the market for a sturdy method of mounting your PalmPilot or PalmIII, Revolve Design just might have the solution you are looking for: UniMount. They offer a complete line of mounting kits and accessories that will enable you to mount your PalmPilot just about anywhere. There are basically 5 mounting kits,
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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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The DVP9 case by Devian is a play-through black leather snap case. It uses a leather yoke to hold the Pilot in place and doesn’t require that evil Velcro to be attached to your PDA :-). It does use a Velcro tab to hold the Pilot in the yoke… which is acceptable. The case is
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You’ve heard the saying: Monkey see, monkey do… Well, the monkeys have been busy trying to copy the success of the PalmPilot with Palm-size PCs now becoming available. The first units out of the jungle are the Everex Freestyle and the Casio E-10 with the Philips Nino soon to follow. I will be reviewing the
Dietlog by Healthetech is one module in a suite of great health related programs for the PalmPilot. Dietlog is like having your own personal dietitian. With Dietlog, you can enter your body information (weight, height, activity level, age, and gender). You then enter your goal weight and either the number of weeks that you want
This is the first in what I hope will be a series of software reviews for Palm devices, as well as others that have tickled my fancy & proven to be useful. There are some great & prolific software writers out there. Unfortunately, they don’t all write for the same platform. As a result I
Product Requirements: Device: PalmPilot, Palm III Devian Enterprises offers 2 fully enclosed, palm size wallet cases for the PalmPilot or PalmIII, the DVP2 and DVP3. These are black leather wallet cases that are slightly larger than the PalmPilot/PalmIII, and are enclosed by a zipper. There are slots for credit or business cards, and flaps/pockets that
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The FlightJacket by PilotGear HQ is a compact black leather case with a beltclip for your PalmPilot or Palm III. The PDA is held in the case by a yoke. No Velcro is needed (Yeah!). The FlightJacket case has a leather covered slide on/slide off type beltclip. I liked this leather covered clip. In my
As you become comfortable with using your PalmPilot or Palm III, it’s time to think about accessories. Many people tell me that they would like to have a better stylus than the plastic one-piece stylus that came with their PalmPilot. PalmPilot Gear H.Q. offers a number of classy stylus/pen/pencil combination units from manufactures like Platinum.
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It’s great to see that the first Palm III specific accessories are starting to surface. One such accessory is PDA Panache’s Deluxe Palm III Stylus. This stylus is made of brass and weighs 50% more than the metal stylus that comes with the Palm III. It is available in black or chrome finish. What sets
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The Velo 500 by Philips is their 2nd generation Windows CE HPC. It comes in a 75mhz MIPS 16meg or 24 meg version. The screen is a backlit 16 shade gray scale LCD (640×240, .23 dpi). The Velo also has a 28.8k built in modem, microphone, and NiMH rechargeable battery pack. An AC adapter and
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Note: This product is no longer available…. The Pi-Lid by Bzzt and Portfolio Central, is an aluminum screen cover for the PalmPilot. It is hinged at the top and fastens to the PalmPilot with strong adhesive tape. It is very lightweight, considering the fact that it is protecting your PalmPilot screen with metal. To install
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