Gear Diary

I just placed an order for my first iPod. Yep – I too have been assimilated. I didn’t go for white though – I got the sexified black U2 special edition with the color screen. Ooooo….   …and here I was thinking that I wouldn’t need the $50 coupon for their Complete U2 digital box […]

Yes, yet again – you can call me “fickle girl”. I have been greatly enjoying my Samsung i550 (see previous diary entries), but my interest was piqued by the elusive JasJar, and then I was finally swayed by the Sprint PPC-6700. Or at least, I think I will be if I can actually get my

Those of you that use the search feature on the site, will be happy to learn that we’ve been working on it to make it actually search. ;o) It didn’t work very well at all, but now it is 100% in my opinion. We have a lot more to do to it, but right now,

What was the first television show to pique your interest in Gadgets? For me, it would have to have been Get Smart, and of course my favorite character was Agent 86 – Maxwell Smart, played by Don Adams. I just got an MSNBC alert that he has died at age 82, and that notice has

Today brought the formal announcement for SCOTTeVEST’s new 4.0 line, but readers at the Gadgeteer have actually been getting a taste of the new items for the last couple of months. Julie reviewed the Sport TEC 4.0 jacket… and I reviewed the SeV lounge pants, modeled here by Steve… the TEC Hat 4.0 and SeV

I picked up the Nokia 6682 from the post office this morning. No butt pictures on this one… No, I was not disappointed ;o) This phone is not as tiny as I would like, but the screen is big, bright and easy to read. The signal strength appears to be strong like I’ve come to

Ok, the AudioVox SMT5600 didn’t work out… Cool phone, nice screen, nice size, but lousey reception in my area. My cheapy Nokia still is way better. Sooooooo, it’s going back to the eBay seller, and I just went nuts and got a Nokia 6682 from eBay. If this one doesn’t work out for me, I’m

I purchased an unlocked Audiovox SMT5600 smartphone from eBay earlier this week. I just picked it up at the post office this morning. I like the size, it feels good in my hand. Tonight after work, I’ll try syncing my PIM info using PocketMac Pro on the iMac. Here’s hoping this phone satisfies me for

Today I am going to tell you about something that has been driving me crazy…! Right at the end of June, I thought it would be great to get a stair-stepper because that is an exercise I have always enjoyed at the gym. So I went to Nordic Track’s site and saw they had one

I ordered the new iPod nano last week on the day it was first announced. I just NOW got it even though I paid for next day shipping. Grrrrr. I can’t be too mad though, because this little guy is a marvel. I’ve seen the images on Apple’s site, but when you actually have one

Johan from Neuros just sent me an email about their latest product. Check out the info: Once again, Neuros is partnering with Woot.com to provide a unique one day only “Gamma” opportunity for early adopters to participate in the launch of the 442 Portable Media Player/Recorder. As is typical for its Gamma releases, in exchange

We have approximately 200 Gulf State Refugees arriving in San Angelo over this weekend, possibly more. I am really proud of Texas and other nearby states for graciously welcoming significant amounts of people evacuating from Louisiana, Mississippi & Alabama – whether for a little while or for the rest of their lives. “Compassion is not

Well, I ended up selling the ETEN M500 Pocket PC Phone Edition to Chris Spera of Pocketnow earlier this week. Although it was a great little Pocket PC and I liked it, it just didn’t ‘do it’ for me. I went back to my little 3120 Nokia for the time being. It doesn’t have any

It seems like everyone and their brother has a podcast these days. Personally, I just can’t keep my mind focused on one for any length of time. Maybe I have ADD or something ;o) I’ve had quite a few emails asking why we don’t do one for The Gadgeteer. At the moment, my number one

This morning I got an email from Everett, one of our readers that had started coming to The Gadgeteer after we ran the “Only In Your Dreams” PDA Contest, back in 2001. He wanted the link to see the entries, and that prompted me to go back and examine them again for myself. Wow –

Stop the presses! I just got an email announcing the Monday release of Arvale II: Ocean of Time! Woo Hoo!! For those of you that don’t remember, Arvale I: Journey of Illusion was the first turn based RPG that I ever played to completion. I have been excitedly waiting for its follow up…and I can’t

Cases.com began advertising with us about 2 weeks ago. In case you haven’t seen their skyscraper ads yet, I just wanted to point out that this site is a great place to shop for PDA, iPod and Smartphone cases and accessories. They carry Piel Frama, Covertec, Innopocket, PDair, and other brands. Right now they are

We got back from the UK on Saturday, and other than playing catch-up with almost two weeks worth of ranch business, we are none the worse for wear. While there, we managed to cram in some hideously touristy things like a trip to the Edinburgh Dungeon. One of the fashion trends we noticed in the

Is it Friday yet? It’s been a LONG week for me! I’m still enjoying the ETEN. It actually came in very handy yesterday in a team mtg. I was bored out of my mind, so I logged into my MSN Messenger account and was able to chat with a friend for a few mins. Surfing

I’m more than a little bummed this morning… I just realized that the MissingSync from MarkSpace (the 3rd party syncing tool that allows you to sync your PIM data on a Pocket PC with your Mac) does not sync Notes (Memos)! ACK! That’s probably the most important use that I have for my Pocket PC.