Gear Diary

I just found a Cingular branded Treo 680 on my front porch (It’s 11pm here). I had been expecting one to be delivered all day, but the FedEx person never arrived. Or so I thought… Evidently they did at one point during the afternoon / evening and didn’t bother to ring the doorbell. Grrrr. Anyway, […]

I hope that all of our US readers will have a great time tomorrow visiting with friends and relatives and eating way too much turkey and pumpkin pie! I’ll be attending 2 family get togethers, so I will be waddling around by the end of the night ;o) Don’t forget to come back to the

My favorite part of the day is when I come home from work, park at the end of my road, get out of my car and go see what is in the mailbox. I’ve been a postal junkie since I was a kid. I remember racing my sister to the end of our driveway so

I returned the Zune and Everex laptop to Walmart today. It’s been awhile since I’d purchased electronics from them and had to return something, so I wasn’t too surprised when they had to call up someone from that department to come to the service area to check things out. I figured it was for the

Well, it appears that my Zune has a defect. I set it up this morning and copied over about 20-30 folders full of .MP3 files. Syncing appeared to work as expected (although a bit slow), but when I went to listen to the music in my car at lunch, all the songs skipped like they

I went ahead and picked up a Zune last night along with a cheapo Everex laptop at my good old Super Walmart store. I opted for the White version because to me the Black one is boring and the Brown one looks… well… I’m not going to say it… ;o) So far I’ve only managed

Today is Zune day and I’ve yet to make up my mind about purchasing one. First of all, to even review it, I’d need a Windows computer (which I don’t have at the moment… no, I’m not soiling my 24″ iMac, so don’t even think about it ;o) ). Then there’s the horror stories that

A person very close to me had to have a PET (Positron emission tomography) scan yesterday. I’d never heard of this type of diagnostic x-ray and suggested that she ask the technician if she could get a copy of the image emailed to her or something. I thought it might be interesting to look at…

Eric Ullman of Mark/Space just sent me this great news item! I’m very excited and can’t wait to test it tonight after I get home from work :oD Mark/Space has just released The Missing Sync for Windows Mobile v3.0. This version adds a bunch of new features for users, including + support for Address Book

How many of you 30, 40, 50 somethings out there had a yo-yo when you were a kid? I was a Duncan yo-yo girl myself and I had several of them. I even had a secret desire to become a yo-yo master (mistress?). Unfortunately, that dream was never realized as I was never very good.

My 3rd 24″ iMac arrived last night. I set it up this morning and YES, it too has the dreaded display hum. It isn’t quite as loud as #1 and #2, so I’m just going to learn to live with it. 3rd time was almost the charm…

Oh no! I’m all out of Featured Gadgeteer stories! What ever shall I do? I know! I’ll bribe you all to send me some new ones :o) So here’s the deal. Send me a story describing why you consider yourself a gadgeteer. Include a picture of yourself and your gadgets and email everything to me.

The folks at Guard ID Systems have sent me a USB gadget called the ID Vault. This flash drive looking device uses Smart Card technology to keep your user IDs and passwords for websites safe from hackers, phishers, spyware keystroke loggers and more. What do you all think of gadgets like these? Are they for

This just in from our friends at Astraware: Celebrate Halloween with the Astraware Spooktacular! THE MIDLANDS, UK – October 26th, 2006 – It’s almost time for Halloween so we’re excited to announce the Astraware Spooktacular – a special sales event offering a cauldron-full of great games at scarily low prices! Starting on Friday 27th October

I finally updated my Treo 750v review with some software information. I almost caved and posted something else because I have a head cold brewing and just wanted to go to bed. But I persevered and got it done. Yay! Next up, I’ll be working on a review of the HP6945 Smartphone and then Rob

At least once or twice throughout the years, I have mentioned to John Hindlay of Vaja that it would be fantastic if they would consider making a line of gear bags. All this time, I’ve been waiting patiently for them to create one of their masterpieces… I’m happy to say that my (and your) wait

After over a week playing phone tag with tier 2 support at Apple, I’ve finally received a resolution to my 2nd 24″ iMac humming issue. The resolution is that they are going to send me iMac #3. Here’s hoping this one does not have the same defect! My fingers and toes are crossed!

It’s Windows Mobile Smartphone day again here at Gadgeteer HQ. Today Mr. Fedex brought me the Hewlett Packard hw6945 Mobile Messenger. This puppy has everything but the kitchen sink crammed under its hood! WiFi, BT, GPS, and 1.3mp camera. Here we go with some unboxing pix… Look, it’s a box… Open sez me… Wow, HP

Guess what I just picked up from my local Fedex office… An unlocked Treo 750v that I purchased from PHONESourceUSA.com. I’m going to see if I can make the switch from my trusty Treo 650 to this brand new Windows Mobile 750. Do you think I can? I thought I’d share my experience opening the

I need all of your help picking the 2nd place winner for the Show Us What’s In Your Gear Bag Video / Slideshow contest. I’ll be selecting the 1st place winner, but you can help me with 2nd place! Go watch the entries and send me the video # and name of the person you