Background Although the concept of the smart phone pretends to be cutting-edge, it was really created by Nokia back in the early nineties with the 9000 series. It was dubbed the Communicator and by combining telephony, e-mail, internet and PDA functions in one item it lived up to its name. Despite the miraculous convergence, however, […]
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Product Requirements: Device: Windows PC 98, 2000, ME, XP or later Like almost all products on the market, the consumer has a variety of brand choices that tend to map directly to price choices. For example, if you’re in the market for a pair of jeans, you can buy a no name pair at Wal-Mart
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Replace the crummy plastic stylus for your Nintendo DS with this one! SHARE ON TwitterFacebookPin It
Spotlight Gadget: DS Stylus Read More
I don’t know why I post that I’ll have a review ready on a specific day. It always comes back to bite me in the you-know-what when I can’t deliver. Yeah, I’m not getting the Dell X50v posted tonight like I promised. Tough week on the family side of things caused my plans to slip
Julie’s Gear Diary – 2005-02-11 Read More
Okay the preliminaries are out of the way and the concensus is in – 20GB iPod it is. Folks, I am a little bit concerned that so few of the 27 people that helped me complete this experiment have written back to both vote on their choice and to let me know that their address
Judie’s Gear Diary – 2005-02-10 Read More
Product Requirements: An FM Radio and an audio source with a 3.5mm headphone jack, one AA battery (included) It’s the age old dilemma – how to best listen to one’s music in the car, when said music is all contained on a player that is not hard-wired to the auto’s sound system. One of the
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For those of you that have been waiting and waiting and waiting, the Dell X50V Pocket PC review will be posted Friday. :o) — Just received a new addition to my gadget family: The Sony U71P mini XP tablet/ultraportable. So far this little guy is very nice! Review soon. — My computer room remodel is
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Product Requirements: Device: HP hx4700 / hx4705 iPAQ Pocket PC Used to be, when you’d think of metal PDA cases, the first company that came to mind would be RhinoSkin with their Titanium tank like cases. Unfortunately, they quit making the Ti cases awhile ago and now sell leather and aluminum PDA protection instead.
Innopocket Magnum HP hx4700 iPAQ Case Review Read More
For those of you that are helping with the Free iPod article – I just checked my status, and I have been approved! Expect a letter from me today asking you to vote for which iPod I should selct.I must hear back from you by Wednesday February 9 in order for you to continue on
Judie’s Gear Diary – 2005-02-07 Read More
Happy Monday I spent the weekend playing two games on my Pocket PC. Shape Shifter from Astraware, and Curse of the Pharaoh. Both are fun puzzle games that will keep your mind occupied for several hours (or until your battery dies!). Judie is addicted to Shape Shifter too. Can Astraware make a bad game? I
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Product Requirements: USB port About a year ago, Julie reviewed the Fliklite LED Torch. At the time, I thought that it was a great flashlight, but I knew it wasn’t something that I would want to carry with me every day. Compact as it was, the torch (as they are called in the United Kingdom)
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Big wheels keep on turning… Check out this $2500 vehicle. SHARE ON TwitterFacebookPin It
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Alternative power cell for various mobile phones. Adds up to 120 talk minutes or 480 standby minutes. SHARE ON TwitterFacebookPin It
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Computerized telescope with GPS and hand controller. SHARE ON TwitterFacebookPin It
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Brando is selling an external battery kit for the DS. It appears that it’s just a way to bring along an extra 850mAh of juice. SHARE ON TwitterFacebookPin It
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Rob Davis sent me an email that read, “I thought your blog readers would go for this contest — Volvo and Virgin Galactic are giving away a seat on Virgin’s premier flight to space. The contest will begin following Volvo’s Super Bowl ad in the 3rd quarter of the Bowl on Sunday.”Hmmmm – I might
Judie’s Gear Diary – 2005-02-04 Read More
Universal remote that doesn’t require batteries. Just wind it up for up to 7 days of use. SHARE ON TwitterFacebookPin It
Spotlight Gadget: EZPower Read More
Product Requirements: Web Cam mode: USB port, MS Windows 98SE (install USB driver), WinME, Win2000, WinXP OS with DirectX 8.1 or later Graphics Adapter capable of 800×600 resolution, 64k colors Pentium II 266, with 64MB RAM (Win 98/ME), or 128MB RAM (Win2K/XP) Pen Drive Mode: MS Win 98SE, WinME, Win2000, WinXP Updated 02/07/05
Octave Systems, Inc. Multipod 5 in 1 Review Read More
Clean the air with this little doo-dad. Comes with a 12VDC adapter for your car as well. SHARE ON TwitterFacebookPin It
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Outrageously expensive tube based apmlifier and speaker set for your iPod. SHARE ON TwitterFacebookPin It
Spotlight Gadget: Concertino Read More
