Our friends at ThinkGeek were nice enough to ship me a new toy: The Digital Hotspotter from Canary Wireless. This is probably the best portable 802.11b/g WiFi signal detector that I’ve tested so far. We’ve had several detectors reviewed here in the past that were either disappointing or just plain mediocre. They usually consist […]
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So by now I figure that every one has heard about the anticipated (yet not officially confirmed) new Palm device, the LifeDrive. According to the link under this blurb, the LifeDrive will have “an on / off / hold button, a rotate button, voice recorder, five way navigation with improved fast scrolling, 4GB Non Volatile
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What’s the worst thing about TiVo? Watching TV anywhere else without TiVo. Until there’s a TiVo iPod (Apple, are you listening??), the Sony LocationFree TV allows you to watch your TiVo anywhere… in any room in your house, from an airport lounge, from a hotel room, anywhere with access to broadband. LocationFree is a television
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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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When the Sony PlayStation Portable (known from here on out as the PSP) was first announced in May of 2004, gaming enthusiasts began clamoring for information on this state of the art handheld gaming console. Even though this device was originally released only in Japan (December 12, 2004), that didn’t stop people here in
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It is a known fact that home office floors are the perfect environment for spaghetti breeding grounds. Not Italian spaghetti, but cable spaghetti! Just look under your desk and you’ll see exactly what I mean. Need a real example? Then check out these pictures of just a few of the items that I have in
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Julie’s comments are in Black, Judie’s are in Blue and italicized. When most people are still trying to recover from holiday season festivities, the first week of January is the time to take a trip to Las Vegas, Nevada to check out the Mecca for all gadgeteer’s: the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). This show which
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Product Requirements: Device: Bluetooth enabled Pocket PCs and Smart phones Most modern day PDAs have been designed to be entirely stylus driven. But sometimes you really just need a good old fashioned keyboard to get your job done. Enter the Stowaway Universal Bluetooth Keyboard from our friends at ThinkOutside. While this product is far from
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My love of handheld gadgets doesn’t end with PDAs, it extends to portable gaming devices as well. I’ve owned quite a few over the years… The original Game Boy, Game Boy Pocket, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance SP, Atari Lynx, Sega GameGear, Game Park GP32 and now the Nintendo DS. Everyone has been excited