It is great to be home! One of the nice homecoming surprises awaiting me was a SCOTTeVEST fleece jacket. With fall rapidly approaching, I had been wanting a new fleece to replace the Nautica one that I have had for years. This SeV fleece is easily the nicest I have ever owned. Of course I […]
Judie’s Gear Diary – 2003-09-22 Read More
Julie’s comments are in BLACK and Judie’s are in BLUE and italicized Wednesday Blue skies, bright sun and mild temperatures greeted us as we began a full day of New York city sight seeing. We started out among throngs of people, walking along Times Square. As a person from a small town (Population 35,000-ish), the
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If you hate the annoying sound of an alarm clock in the morning, how about being shook awake instead? SHARE ON TwitterFacebookPin It
Spotlight Gadget: Shake Awake Alarm Clock Read More
There’s no place like home! Judie and I each made it back to Texas and Indiana (respectively) last night. Each of us had a shiny new Sony CLIE UX50 waiting for us upon arrival. Boy this device is TINY! We’re going to each use this new PDA exclusively for 2 weeks and then post a
Julie’s Gear Diary – 2003-09-20 Read More
It’s 9am, the time my flight was supposed to depart from La Guardia airport. Unfortunately, it was canceled due to hurricane Isabel. Judie took off to JFK at about 5:30am this morning. I have a new flight at 3pm this afternoon. So, I’m going to wander around Times Square a little this morning and then
Julie’s Gear Diary – 2003-09-19 Read More
Julie’s comments are in BLACK and Judie’s are in BLUE and italicized Tuesday Since the TECHXNY exhibits weren’t going to open till 10am, we weren’t going to break our necks getting up at an insane hour on our 2nd day in New York (not to mention the fact that we were up past 2am the
TECHXNY / PC Expo with the Gadgeteers – Tuesday Read More
Judie is already on her way to the Big Apple this morning, while I leave for the airport in a couple hours. I’ve never been to New York, let alone TechXNY(formerly named PC Expo) so this should be fun. That is as long as the weather doesn’t get nasty with hurricane Isabella! We’ll try to
Julie’s Gear Diary – 2003-09-15 Read More
Julie’s comments are in BLACK and Judie’s are in BLUE and italicized Last year, Julie and I thought about going to TECHXNY / PC Expo, but we waited until the last minute then said, “Nah.”. While the week long convention was happening and for some time after it was over, Julie and I were moaning
TECHXNY / PC Expo with the Gadgeteers – Monday Read More
Tomorrow, Julie and I will be on our respective planes, headed for New York City to attend PC Expo. We should see a ton of gadgets and gizmos that will make our gotta-have-it-meters go off the charts! Don’t worry, we will take loads of pictures, and we’ll have a wrap up article ready for you
Judie’s Gear Diary – 2003-09-14 Read More
Name: Sammy McLoughlin Location: UK My name is Sammy McLoughlin, I am 27, Irish and share my time between New York and Manchester, UK. I run my own PR business and so obviously need to be organised and so I depend on a PDA to assist. I have been a PDA Addict since I first
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This mini 4 mega-pixel digicam is going to be the successor to my beloved Sony DSC U20! SHARE ON TwitterFacebookPin It
Spotlight Gadget: Canon PowerShot SD10 Read More
Product Requirements: These protectors are available for just about every make of PDA. A complete list is here. I am really impressed with the number of long-wearing PDA screen protectors that have cropped up over the last two years. It wasn’t so long ago that I was buying WriteRights from the now defunct Concept Kitchen
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$200 remote control that plugs into your PC via USB to download setup info. SHARE ON TwitterFacebookPin It
Spotlight Gadget: SST-659 Read More
Product Requirements: Device: HP 1900 series iPAQ Pocket PC I remember the first “armored” case that I ever purchased – a titanium Ti Slider by Rhinoskin. At the time I was traveling extensively and carried my old Handspring Visor Ice Deluxe with me in a pack or in a jacket pocket. At the time,
InnoPocket HP1910 iPaq Hard Case Review Read More
FedEx Rocks!!! …more specifically, Mary Ann and Harvey in the Manilla office are the best! They are the ones that made sure that the eBay shyster (read my 09/02 diary entry) didn’t get to keep my iPAQ 5455 after “paying” for it with a stolen PayPal account. They made sure that as soon as it
Judie’s Gear Diary – 2003-09-10 Read More
Back when everyone was offering Julie advice on which big screen TV to buy, she wasn’t the only one that was paying attention. I really wasn’t planning on doing this, but when you get offered two years no interest and an extremely competitive price from a local electronics store, what are ya gonna do? Yesterday
Judie’s Gear Diary – 2003-09-10 Read More
Product Requirements: A laptop computer with the dimensions of 14″ x 11′ x 2″ or smaller, or up to 15″ screen including 15″ Apple Powerbook and 14.1″ iBook There are people that need to bring the entire office along with them when they travel, and then there are others that just need the basics –
Sanwa Supply In+Out Notebook Computer Carrying Case Review Read More
Check it out! A VCR like device that records TV shows to Memory Sticks for later viewing on CLIEs. SHARE ON TwitterFacebookPin It
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Product Requirements: Device: Various mobile phones (see site for list) Here at the Gadgeteer, we’re always on the lookout for something ‘different’ to review. So, when the folks at SideWinder contacted me to ask if I was interested in reviewing a manual powered cell phone charger, I said sure! Just the idea of cranking for
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People are always asking me when the next Gadgeteer Garage Sale will be held. I know it’s been a LONG time since we’ve had one, so I spent the last couple days going through my drawers and cabinets looking for items that I no longer use. Here is your chance to snap up some useful
Julie’s Gear Diary – 2003-09-07 Read More