Gear Diary

I just (1 minute ago) received an email from Palm with a link to a software update for Treo 680 AT&T / Cingular customers. Although I am an AT&T customer, I’m not sure that this upgrade will work with my unbranded 680. If any of you install it, let us know how it works out. […]

These days, PDAs / Phones don’t ship with handy dandy desktop charging and syncing cradles. If you miss having one, JAVOedge sells cradles for various devices. They sent me their Treo 750 desktop cradle to try out. Even though it says it’s for the 750, it works just fine with my Treo 680 which you

I’m a firm believer in the fact that you’re never too old to play with toys. Especially RC toys from HobbyTron.com. I had a great time with their mega popular PicooZ Helicopter last year. Then in January I had the opportunity to meet with the HobbyTron folks during a special event at the Consumer Electronics

The week after next I’ll be going on vacation to Sedona, Arizona. This will be my 2nd time there. If you’ve never been, put on your list of must visit places. It’s gorgeous and relaxing. I’ll be spending 1.5 days in Phoenix and wonder if anyone can suggest some interesting places to see and things

I feel like I’ve just reached a new level of geekiness and of course I wanted to share it with all of you :o) This week has been pretty eventful. Tuesday I had a T1 line put into my house (Gadgeteer HQ). There were problems getting it to work and as a result, I had

Are you still trying to figure out what to get for your Mom for Mother’s Day this coming Sunday? Yeah, I tend to be a procrastinator too… But here’s an idea that you might want to consider. Best Buy has specially packaged Pink or Silver 4gb iPod nanos in festive polka-dotted boxes. -Features a pink

Guess what showed up on my doorstep yesterday? Ok yeah, you already know since you read the title of this post. :o) It’s Palm’s new Palm OS Treo 755p for Sprint. I won’t paste in a long press release since I rarely read those things myself. I will tell you the highlights of this new

Community sites like MySpace, Linked In and Facebook are online gathering places to connect with people of like minds, business interests, etc. As a Gadgeteer, how would you like to: Meet other Gadgeteers just like you. Access The Gadgeteer site from within a community site. Share pictures and videos with other Gadgeteers. Message and provide

No, I don’t have hayfever and that was not a sneeze. Vakaadoo is the name of a company that recently sent me a really cool 2nd gen iPod nano case. I think it’s about the nicest slim case I’ve seen yet. The case is comprised of a front and back plastic shell that is been

For the minimalists among us, electricbaby (Warning: one of their vinyl bag styles is rated PG13) offers a stylish way to protect your laptop from scratches and light bumps and bruises. Their stretch-fit sweater laptop sleeves come in 4 different designs and in sizes that fit 12 – 17 inch laptops. They were kind enough

Here we go folks! I just put up new contest last night. This contest will not only benefit you if you win, but your mates, significant others, cats, dogs and other assorted pets will appreciate your efforts too :o) You all can thank me later :o) I can’t wait to see the entries! Of course

I’ve been a dedicated Machead (as one of my friends likes to call me) for going on 2 years now. I use a 24″ iMac as my main desktop computer and a 15″ Macbook Pro as my travel companion. At my day job I use a Dell Inspiron notebook, so I live in both worlds

I saw something really cute today that I’d never seen (or heard of) before… We went over to Jeanne’s (roomie’s) brother’s house to see the Suzuki mini truck that he bought yesterday. He bought it to help haul wood up from the back of his property. These 2 seater 4×4 stick shift vehicles are not

I seem to be on a roll lately with posting reviews in sets or themes. First it was the Bluetooth products theme week, then last week it was products that have to do with sound or audio. Now this week I’m on a roll with flashlight reviews. So my question for you all is this:

We interrupt The Gadgeteer to bring you an off topic story… Around 2am Monday morning, we were awakened by a dog barking in the back yard. After listening to that racket for several minutes, my roomie got up and shined a flashlight out the window at the dog, which startled it away. We figured it

I usually don’t post too many news items or press release type posts in my Gear Diary, but I’ve received quite a few noteworthy items this past week that I thought you all might benefit from reading. So here we go! Speck Products is having a Speck-tacular Spring Sale. They are selling cases at speckproducts.com

One of our readers sent in this picture of a cute handmade iPod Nano cover that their sister-in-law had made. It got me wondering, how many of you out there have created similar covers, cases, etc for your gadgets? I recall back in the early days of PDAs, I had a PSION 3a that I

Just a quick note to let you all know that the automated new review announcement mailing list is back in order. The only problem is that if you want to receive these emails, you’ll have to sign up again. Sorry, but we couldn’t import the current subscribers list into the new installation of the mailman

In keeping with this week’s theme of music / audio related reviews, I wanted to tell you about a nifty product for geeky musicians. It’s SoundTech’s LightSnake. At first glance you might dismiss this $40 10ft long cable as a regular old 1/4 inch phono style guitar amplifier cord. Look a little closer and you

I’ve decided (because I can…) that this week’s reviews (after tonight’s) will be music and/or audio and/or sound related. Yay, another theme week like the Bluetooth week ;o) Are we excited yet? And just to get things started on a musical note: If you can’t decide how you would like to carry your 2nd generation