Gear Diary

This week I’ve been using the Nokia 6131 that I purchased last summer. This is a quad band GSM phone that I believe was originally available in Europe and then was released here in the US as the 6126 (I’m pretty sure these two phones are the same model, please correct me if I am […]

I’m happy to announce that Ron Reifsnider has been chosen as the winner of the i-mate JAQ3! Congrats Ron. Thanks to everyone that posted for a chance to win this phone. I enjoyed reading all your posts. They actually gave me inspiration for things to do with my own gadgets. :o) — Here’s a reminder

Earlier this week for my day job (Cummins Inc.), I had to give a presentation of an application called WinBatch to a group of people from China. WinBatch is a simple macro language for Windows computers. It allows you to write automated programs that mimic a user sitting at a keyboard using any application. At

Here we go with phone give-away #2. This time it’s the i-mate JAQ3. This is a brand new unlocked quad band GSM phone with the original box and all the included goodies. I used this phone for a few days and decided that it wasn’t for me. But maybe it’s for you… If you want

I stood in line at the post office this afternoon to ship the Sony Ericsson w810i phone off to Isreal to the winner of last week’s give away. My Treo 750v helped me kill the 30 minutes or so that I had to wait till my turn at the counter. At the moment, I’m hooked

I just had my best bud help me choose a random winner for the Sony Ericsson w810i phone give-away. The winner is Shimon Shnitzer of ShSh Software fame (Wow, I wonder if that means he’ll give me free apps for the rest of my life? Just kidding). Congrats Shimon! For everyone else that tried, don’t

Continuing with my weekly mobile phone mini-reviews, my latest 2 day phone stint has been with the i-mate JAQ3. I received this device directly from i-mate after attending the Mobius Boston event last fall. This Windows Mobile 5.0 for Pocket PC device appears to have a lot going for it given its impressive feature set.

I’ve started a weekly feature where I will post a mini review on a phone that I’ve used for 2 days instead of my usual 2 weeks. These phones are typically not the latest and greatest models (except for my first review of the HTC S620 and this week’s review of the i-Mate JAQ3). They

What kind of mobile phone person are you? Smartphone or feature phone? I’m the type of person that likes to take a vacation from smartphones once in awhile and use a feature phone instead. My current vacation in feature phone land has been with the Sony Ericsson w810i. This is a great little candy bar

Everyone please send some good thoughts out to one of our contributing writers: Meredyth. She is having an ‘upgrade’ today on her elbow and will be in healing mode for several weeks. Get well soon Meredyth! :o)

Throughout the years, we’ve reviewed many different articles of tech-enabled clothing. The most popular creator of these types of garments that comes to mind, is SCOTTeVEST. We’ve reviewed their jackets, hats, pants and shirts. In almost all of the reviews of their products, I’ve mentioned at least once that I wish they would consider offering

I did something last night that I didn’t think I’d ever do… No, I didn’t shave my head like my BF Britney. It’s too cold here for that and besides, I have an oddly shaped noggin. ;o) What I did do is install Windows XP Professional on my Macbook Pro. Did I just hear a

Well ok, it might not be quite best friend friendly, but it tries. I was surprised when I recently asked people for ideas and suggestions on what they think would make The Gadgeteer better, that several people said: A mobile version of the site. We’ve actually had a mobile version for a couple of years

For the past 2 days, I’ve been using the HTC S620 (AKA Excalibur) Windows Mobile 5.0 for Smartphone quad band mobile phone as my main device. When I first received this phone back in January, I charged it up, synced all my PIM info with my iMac and tried to get acclimated to it. After

You guys all know by now that I tend to switch phones as often as I change my socks. I’m always flitting from one phone to another, trying to find the one that will keep me satisfied for longer than a few days. For the most part the Treo 650 has been that phone for