Gear Diary

It’s been a long time coming, but I have finally passed back over to the Pocket PC side. It’s not that my Zodiac Tapwave2 wasn’t “doing it” for me anymore, it was the fact that I was bored. I started thinking about it the other day, and I realized that it had been almost a […]

End of the weekend tidbits… Tim Sullivan from SmarterCase sent me an email with an offer for 100 Gadgeteer readers. He’s offering a $5 off coupon for their products. The coupon code is SCGAD8 SmarterCase manufactures a line of PDA protective cases in East Providence RI. We have reviewed some of their products in the

I received a book in the mail the other day called Hacking iPod + iTunes by Scott Knaster. Although it leans towards the Mac user, it has some really good info and tricks in it for everyone. — I just upgraded to WinXP Service Pack 2. The upgrade was painless and so far the only

Whew! What a week! Some of you may or may not have noticed that I didn’t post any of my own reviews this week. I was covered up with my day job. Pesky things, they always seem to get in the way ;o) I have to give my PowerBook major props. I was able to

If you could design your ultimate everyday gearbag, what would it look like? Think about the things that you can’t live without for a moment – not the things that you bog down with when going on a gadget excursion. My perfect bag would need to be able to carry: up to two PDAs, my

Someone just sent me the link to a very interesting site called the ESD Union. ESD stands for Electronic Sales Distributor. If that term doesn’t ring a bell, the names Handango!, PalmGear and PocketGear probably do. These sites are ESDs and sell PDA software to our community of handheld enthusiasts. But did you ever stop

Okay – I am finally back from a month of trips: New York City, a whirlwind tour of Florida including Gainesville, Tampa, Orlando, Lakeland and finally Kansas City, Missouri. Needless to say, I am now “traveled out” – which I had previously thought to be impossible. Now that I am back, I have some good

I just got back from Florida and found the sleek and sexy new Sony Network Walkman NW-HD1 awaiting me, courtesy of Brando. Wow – this thing is soooo tiny, I think I would really like it – if I could just figure out how to load the software. :0( Transferring MP3 files is no problem

The Show Us Your Space Contest has ended. The winners are: 1st Place Enrico Bicol 2nd Place Luis Argerich 3rd Place Jason Pascoe Congratulations to the winners! This was such a fun contest, that I’m going to make it a permanent part of the site where people can submit their pictures and stories.

In my opinion, you can’t do much better than the Tapwave Zodiac2 when looking for a Palm OS device with every bell and whistle – other than built in WiFi. There is one area where Tapwave really dropped the ball however, and that was by not including software for Outlook synchronization. For some time I

Check it out, PalmSource has a contest up where you can tell them how Palm has made your life better. If you win, you can choose a brand new Palm powered device from Aceeca, AlphaSmart, Fossil, Founder Technology, Garmin, GSL, Handspring, Kyocera, Lenovo, Palm, palmOne, PerComm, Samsung, Sony, Symbol Technologies or Tapwave. Wow!

The voting booth is now available for the Show Us Your Space Contest. Registration to the discussion forums is required for voting. My new 4th gen iPod has arrived in Columbus a day early! Usually FedEx delivers my packages here at my day job, but for some reason they tried to deliver it to my

Weekend Update I received an email from Apple confirming that my new iPod shipped today. So I should have a new toy next week. Yay! The only problem is that the electrical system on my truck has decided to go wonky, and I can’t use the iPod with the radio until it’s fixed. Boo! Rumor

Today, I ordered the iPAQ 4705 from eCost…and the total – including shipping – was $569.37. That’s pretty good, considering that eCost’s posted price was $649 (it lowers once you add the PDA to your basket), and I had heard that the final retail price might be as high as $699! :0PThe one downside is

I ordered a 40GB iPod last night. I figured it was my duty to upgrade my 1yr old 3rd gen model. ;o) Since I opted for the free engraving, it will be a few days before I receive it. I wonder if it will arrive before the fabled HP iPAQ HX4705 that I have on

Saturday Snippets I’ve chosen the 2 people to review the Axim battery and Dual Sim card. Thanks to all of you that volunteered. I received my Airport Express yesterday and plan to try it out this weekend. Cross your fingers that it’s not difficult to setup or use in a mixed environment. I pre-ordered the

The girly-girl in me wants to have my Motorola V60v encrusted in sparkly plum and green crystals. However, I am having trouble justifying the $200 (plus shipping) price tag, which is more than my phone cost. What’s a girl to do? Hmmm, I wonder if this company does their crystal magic to PDAs? I can

Calling all wannabe reviewers! I’m looking for two people that have good writing skills and a digital camera that can take excellent macro shots to review two products. Product 1: Replacement 3000 mAh battery for a Dell Axim X5 Pocket PC from Crayton Electronics. Product 2: Universal Twin SIM Adapter from Brando’s Workshop. If you

I found an interesting article today about tech myths. Covered are issues like whether opting out of spam will get you more spam or whether the Japanese Windows edition really uses Haiku for its error messages… “Three things are certain: Death, taxes, and lost data. Guess which has occurred.” Fun stuff! :0)