Gear Diary

Sunday Tidbits: For those of you playing along at home, you may recall that I sold my Toshiba e805 Pocket PC and bought the Sony CLIE TH55. Here are a few goodies for those of you that may also have the TH55, or other newer Palm / Sony PDAs… Express ClickYes – Great little FREE […]

As you may have guessed, we are back form our vacation and we had a wonderful time. Unfortunately, I have come home to chaos: After a couple days home with normal service, my Verizon DSL decided to completely choke. I have email access, but I can’t open web pages to save my life…as a matter

Weekend Update The Gadgeteer has teamed up with ClickGamer to bring you a software store that you can access directly through our site. If you are looking for some high quality games for your Palm, Pocket PC, Smartphone, or Symbian device please consider going through our link to purchase them. Clickgamer is a site that

As a person who is constantly daydreaming about technology, I found myself thinking about which gadgets or technology that I couldn’t live without if the situation presented itself. After careful consideration, I have realized that… I wouldn’t shed a tear over the loss of my cellphone, since I don’t use it all that much. I

I think in a past life, I must have been a mountain goat. ;0) We have done more hiking over the last couple of days than I have in ages, and my legs are tired! So far, we have seen: Carlsbad Caverns, The hordes of turkeys that graze the valleys just before you get to

My family and I are off for a week in the 4Corners Area. On the agenda are Carsbad Caverns, the Petrified Forest, White Sands, Mesa Verde, the Grand Canyon and whatever else strikes our fancy. Should be fun… :0)

I have to apologize, but the Sony CLIÉ PEG-TH55 review will not be ready tomorrow as I had previously promised. During my extensive use and testing, I have discovered a serious digitizer problem. Needless to say, I am going to have to send my PDA back to Sony for repair. As you can see in

Wednesday Quickies Well folks, I sold my Toshiba e805 last week and ordered the Sony CLIE TH55, which I received Monday. I have to say that after a 7 month sojourn into the land of Pocket PC, it is very nice to be back with Palm OS. Even though I’m going to miss the Toshiba’s

A huge “thank-you” goes out to Matt Penning for sending me the Lost in Translation DVD and The Angel Maker, a book by one of my favorite authors, Ridley Pearson. Matt enclosed the following notes with his selections…with the book: “Judie – I admit I’m cheap. I added this to get the free shipping!” Hey

Tax refund burning a hole in your pocket? Looking for some great deals on new / barely used gear, gadgets and gizmos? Well it is your lucky day (…or it will be tomorrow)! It’s Garage Sale time again! Judie and I are getting ready to post a whole slew of things on eBay. Our gadget

Technology is reaching all corners of industry, and some of its applications are imaginative and ecological. Take a look at IdleAire, a product designed specifically for cross country “big-rig” drivers. Most of us are aware that these truckers basically live out of their rigs and that many of these vehicles are set up like a

Help Judie and I celebrate the Grand Opening of our other website: Traveling Fools! We’re holding a contest for the month of March. Users can submit their vacation / travel related stories, tips or travel product reviews for a chance at winning one of two prizes donated by Journeyware. First prize is a Travelpro WalkAbout

I think this is honestly a first…I placed an order for the Sony CLIE TH55 with SonyStyle USA, and even though it showed a shipping date of February 20, I should be receiving it today. I can’t even remember the last time I ordered a new PDA from a manufacturer and got it before the

Reviewers Needed! I have a few goodies that I’m willing to mail out to 3 volunteer reviewers. These reviewers need to be able to write coherently, and must possess a digital camera that can take VERY good macro shots. Goodies up for grabs this time around are two webcams from Crayton Electronics. One for desktop

Happy Valentines Day! Here’s some cool news from T-Mobile. They have recently launched a new hi-fi ringer campaign for new and existing customers. Hi-Fi ringers are a new technology to T-Mobile and allow customers to download actual songs with lyrics as their ringtone; no more polyphonic tunes, hifi ringers are the real deal! As of

I need to be a proud mom for a minute and tell you all that Sarah just placed 3rd in Chemistry at her school’s Science Fair. Her project was “Preventing Enzymatic Browning on Apples and Bananas.” The District Science Fair is March 9th, so please keep your fingers crossed for her. :0)

Sony has finally come up with what may be the perfect CLIE – the PEG-TH55. This tablet style PDA comes with a laundry list of features, but perhaps the most important two are that it has a 480×320 high resolution TFT display and built in WiFi. Also worth noting is that the TH55 has 32MB

May I see a show of hands… how many of you out there hate winter as much as I do? If you’re feeling blue, cooped up and downright bored, then you might want to check out some of the Pocket PC games that ClickGamer has let me test drive: Dread Dracula This game is as

It seems like a million years ago that I was a Datebk3 user. I loved creating appointments then distinguishing them with little icons, and the floating appointments were a real convenience. Then I switched to the Pocket PC OS and I started using products made for that platform. Now that I am back in the

Regular readers may notice that Judie and I tend to write about more than just gadgets and technology when we visit trade shows. We enjoy sharing information about our accommodations, interesting people that we meet, the places we visit and of course the food we eat. Sometimes readers have complained that our trip reports read