Gear Diary

I have finally got the i550 to do just about everything that I want or need it to do: It’s working perfectly on the Sprint PCS network and I’ve signed up for the Vision plan so I have all of the data I care to access. It is working very well as a supplementary PDA, […]

Well, here is an update on my Samsung i550 saga for those of you that have been writing to ask: I called SPCS yesterday to get my service switched over from the i500 to the i550. I already had the lock code for the handset – I just needed to get things set up on

Mother nature must really hate me… Last Sunday it was raining and rumbling just a bit, nothing major, when all of a sudden POW POW POW! I saw orange sparks outside the window. Looked around and didn’t notice anything on fire, so I went about my business. Later that evening, when I went to watch

This has been a “good mail day”… I just opened a package from SCOTTeVEST and found several new items that will be reviewed soon, including their v2.0 ball cap (which fits me very nicely), a light Microfleece Pullover (great for cool nights), and their new “wired’ t-shirt. I also received the new Tekkeon myPower ALL,

If you are using the Samsung i500 Palm OS PDA phone and you are lamenting the lack of true two-way SMS, then you owe it to yourself to check out PDA Apps I500SMS. Samsung really dropped the ball on this otherwise feature-laden phone because it included software that allowed users to receive SMS messages, but

I’m baaaack from not so sunny Sanibel Island, Florida. Unfortunately it rained for half the time I was there. All the locals kept saying how unusual it was for it to rain for 3 days straight! Grrrrrr ;o) We even took a trip out to the everglades in the pouring rain… It wasn’t so bad

It’s no stretch to say that my genealogy “hobby” has turned into a bit of an obsession.Maybe it’s because I finally got serious about it or because I recently found several distant cousins through the internet, but these days it seems like every spare moment that I have is spent researching or adding information to

I’m getting ready to head to the airport for a weeks vacation in sunny Sanibel Island Florida! :o) Everyone have a nice holiday weekend. :o)

If you enjoy playing word games on your PDA, then you have got to try Astraware’s Super Wild Wild Words. I am playing the Pocket PC version and I am hooked! It’s like several word games wrapped into one…how best to describe it? Have you played Bookworm? It’s similar to that in the way that

Debbie Ann was kind enough to send me one of her individually handmade designer iPod sleeves. Available in all kinds of colors and textures, I was sent the Birds of a Feather – Toucan sleeve. This is a soft sleeve that can protect your 3rd and 4th gen iPods from dust and scratches while turning

The palmOne LifeDrive has been officially announced. You will all be happy to learn that we have one and will be posting a review later today. I’m even playing hooky from my day job in order to work on it. Now that is what I call dedication. Well at least to one of my jobs

Evan Koblentz just sent an email telling us about his article summarizing four years’ of research on the history of PDAs. If you have a bit of time, a comfortable place to sit and a cool drink, then this in depth article will be a nice walk down memory lane for some – and a

Happy Friday everyone! I made a quickie update to my Treo usage article last night. I just wanted to mention it since an announcement email isn’t sent out for updates, just new reviews. Now is a good time to mention the announcement emails that go out with every new review posting. It’s easy to sign

I was looking at Engadget this morning, and noticed a blurb mentioning that Sprint PCS has now released their first 2MP camera cell phone, the very cool looking Samsung MM-A800. I have to admit that this phone really appeals to me, I mean why wouldn’t it? According to the NY Times review that I just

Josh Hatchell just sent me an email with a link to this article. If you are a fan of the Tapwave Zodiac, then this affects you, too. Give it a read…

Years ago I used to go TH’ing (a.k.a. Treasure Hunting) with a metal detector. This was before the days of The Gadgeteer. The tool that I used (and still have) was a Tesoro metal detector. I found quite a few old coins in my area and at competition events. These days I find that I’m

…and I quote: “One of the more exciting demonstrations at WinHEC was a “concept” prototype showcased by Bill Gates during his keynote address. As you can see, this seven-inch ultraportable tablet PC is paper-thin. According to Gates, this type of device would have integrated Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, play digital media, and do everything you’d expect

Anyone else been a little bummed that TechTV’s (now G4) Screensavers and Fresh Gear shows are gone? I know that Screensavers turned into Attack Of The Show, but it’s just not the same as it was back in the Leo LaPorte and Patrick Norton days. I really miss shows and have been on the look

Death Notice: One of Steve’s and my digital cameras, the Fujitsu FinePix 700, has succumbed to the scrambled screen of death. It was purchased March 2004, so it had just celebrated its one year birthday and the demise of any possible extended manufacturer’s warranty. There was no reason for its passing. I can only suppose

Hey, you know when people are talking about how the military has satellites that are so advanced that they can read the numbers off of a license plate on the back of a car going down a street in New York City? These pictures are almost that good! You can enter an actual address or