Reviews about interesting gadgets, gear, mobile technology and lifestyle products.
Anyone out there play with gyroscopes as a kid? I remember being fascinated by them. I had a metal one that came with a book of tricks that you could do like balancing it on a string tied between two points as it spun. This product that I’m about to write about reminds me of […]
Product Requirements: Device: PC or Mac with CD-ROM Drive LocalTalk or RS-232-compatible serial connection A new crop of PDAs have just been released, and yet another are being groomed for a fall launch – but is the latest and greatest gizmo always the best? As I have already made my PDA purchase for the near
Apple eMate 300 (Blast From The Past) Review Read More
Product Requirements: A “round stick style” ball-point pen or a regular wooden pencil Are there those of you out there that regularly carry a Bic ballpoint in your pocket? If you are, and you don’t like using the skinny little stock stylus that came with your PDA, then you might like to check out the
TrueTip Pen Cap Stylus Review Read More
Product Requirements: Device: Microsoft Windows 98, 98SE, ME, 2000, XP Pentium 133MHz or faster USB Port A lot of people, myself included, like their personal electronics to be sleek and sexy. As a result, Palm was the first to go skinny with the Palm V, Vx, m500 and m505. Then came Handspring with the Visor Edge.
Sony Clie PEG-T615C Review Read More
Product Requirements: Device: Palm m500 series, Palm m100, m105, Palm III series, VII series, and V series. Handspring Visor, and Prism Sony Clie (Except T series) Of all the different PDA accessories on the market today, I would have to say that styli are probably the most popular. There are big styli, little styli, styli
Cross MicroPen Stylus Review Read More
The point of small, electronic devices is that they are portable and easy to access, wherever you may be. This is great, but you can quickly reach the point (as I have) at which the indispensable number of items carried on your person gets quite high and a method of carrying them has to be
Dockers Mobile Pant Review Read More
Product Requirements: Device: Any touch-screen PDA The first time my daughter saw the Avery doubleCLICK pen/stylus in my review box, she informed me that it was the pen Michael, a boy at her school carries. “Has he ever let you use it?” I asked her. “Nope,” she replied “no one touches Michael’s pen.” Well, whether
Avery doubleCLICK Stylus Review Read More
Product Requirements: Device: Digital Camera with any one of three following memory module formats: Compact Flash, Smart Media, or Memory Stick. No computer is necessary unless you want to store or manipulate images. Desktop: Windows 2000, 98, 95 or NT 4.0 with USB port support. No Apple Macintosh support at this time. Part of the
HP Photosmart 100 Printer Review Read More
So you happen to love someone that is a Gadgeteer, and you know they have been looking for a great way that they could tote all of their necessary “stuff”? Well then, what are you waiting for? You should take a look at the Moya Deluxe gearbag by incase. This bag is made out of
incase Moya Deluxe Gearbag Review Read More
The next time you are sitting in front of your television and you are working on your laptop – cursing the fact that your knees don’t make much of a desk – remember that it was me that told you about the Lapstation. I guess that the fact is that there are many of us
Lapstation Pro Portable Computing Desk Review Read More
Product Requirements: Device: Any PDA with a touch-screen Are you looking for a last minute gift for an office mate that has almost everything? Or perhaps you drew a co-worker’s name for a “secret-Santa” gift, and you haven’t got a clue about what they might like – and the gift is supposed to be $10
Cross Solo Digital Writer Review Read More
Product Requirements: Device: Any corded mouse Are you rolling your eyes thinking “oh boy, this is the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard of”… Well, I don’t blame you, because I thought the same thing when Directcase.com sent me a sample and asked if I wanted to do a review of the Mouse Bungee. I looked
I’ve always been fascinated by pocket knives. Swiss Army knives especially. There’s something so cool about cramming a bunch of tools into one functional package that you can stick in your pocket or gear bag. Used to be, Swiss Army knives have mainly been thought of as the outdoorsman’s or survivalist’s tool. Well it is
VICTORINOX CyberTool 34 Review Read More
With the new transistorized miniature weather stations on the market, you can predict tomorrow’s weather like a pro. We all know what effect the weather has on doing anything outdoors, stuff like boating, fishing and hunting, camping, and even simple things like planning a picnic, so the more we know about what’s-to-come weather-wise, the better
Davis Vantage Pro Weather Station Review Read More
Product Requirements: Device: Compaq iPAQ 3100/3600 & 3700 series I can’t count the number of times I have been looking around in PDA bulletin boards, only to stumble across people asking if there will ever be a stylus available for the iPAQ that has a built-in ballpoint pen. A stylus that also fits inside the
Pilot Pentopia Chameleon Stylus for the Compaq iPAQ Review Read More
What is the first thing that pops into your mind when I say the words Swiss Army? A pocket knife, with all kinds of blades and nifty tools right? Ok, now what do you think of when I say PenTool? Nothing? Well, that won’t be the case after this review… The PenTool from Unique Tools
PenTool Stylus Review Read More
Have you noticed how many companies are coming out with their own versions of screen accessories for the various PDAs? Everything from screen buffers and cleaners, to various forms of screen protection. Evidently I’m not the only person out there that wants to keep my PDA’s screen pristine; It looks like this is becoming a
CompanionLink PDA Products Review Read More
If you’ve been visiting The Gadgeteer for any length of time, you’ll have noticed that so far, I’ve not done any mobile phone reviews. I’ve always had an interest in phones, but since I happen to live in what I like to call the “town before technology”, I’ve not had any way to test the
Samsung SPH-N200 Mobile Phone Review Read More
Product Requirements: Device: Any touch-screen PDA Are you still looking for the perfect multi-pen? Had you just about given up and decided that you would never find something that looked great, worked as advertised, and that wouldn’t break the bank? If so, then you should take a look at this! The Yafa Quadro multi-pen is
Yafa Quadro Multi-Pen Review Read More
I’m sure everyone has heard the terms “wearable computer” and “mobile computing”. But, how about the term Personal Area Network (PAN)? Does that ring a bell? Probably not, but it should as PANs are what real mobile wearable computing should be. Ok, I can see the gears turning in your minds. You’re all picturing little