Gear Diary

Here’s the deal, I’ve been wanting to buy a new clock radio for awhile now. Except that I can’t seem to find one that includes all the features that I’m looking for: 2 seperate alarms for Monday through Friday with a choice of radio or buzzer 2 seperate alarms for weekends only, with choice of […]

As those of you that read Julie’s and my Tapwave Zodiac review will recall, I mentioned that this is definitely a PDA that you will need screen protection for. If you are one of the lucky few that has already got your Zodiac, then it is worth noting that Brando Workshop has got you covered.

Just to give you an idea of how far we have come technologically in the last decade… In 1989, when pregnant with my daughter, I had an ultrasound. The resulting blurry picture of what looked like an open palm sweetly cradling her face was printed on thermal paper (which has long since yellowed) and would

One of the reasons why I moved back to the HP2215 Pocket PC from my Palm TungstenT was for better the video capabilities that a Pocket PC provides. I love watching animations and short films on my PDA. Besides the fact that they are just fun to watch, they are also great demonstration fodder for

My McAfee virus protection subscription ran out yesterday. Now I realize that I probably shouldn’t have waited until today to worry about it, but I did. So now, other than access to Trend Micro’s free online virus scan, I am feeling pretty defenseless. What do you all think is the best virus protection out there?

I have found a new time-waster that is making me wish I had paid more attention during geometry…Calypso, by funGames. The action starts with a grid full of empty hexagons. You remember those – a polygon with six edges and six ventricles, right? Similar to Tetris in a way, various shapes composed of joined heaxagons

OK – I just got home from a quick trip to Eldorado, and when I returned the Tapwave Zodiac was waiting for me on my front porch! It’s charging right now…

I just received an email from Tapwave informing me that my Zodiac shipped on Friday. A quick check of the included FedEx tracking number shows that it is in transit to me right now. Yay! :o) Judie ordered hers right after I did, so it looks like we’ll both have a new toy to play

I receive quite a few emails every week asking for advice and instructions on how to move from one PDA platform to another. It was suggested that I create an area where this info could be shared. As a result, I’ve just created two new forums in the discussion area: HELP: Migrating from Palm to

This is big news for me, maybe some of you will be able to relate: Starbucks has finally came to San Angelo, and in a big way. For a while, we had a little outpost type Starbucks at the hospital, and believe me, I was happy to have that. But last night a new free

Judie and I just got emails that our Zodiac unit orders are being processed by Tapwave. We both opted for FedEx next day shipping, so if they ship them out tomorrow (Friday), we will receive them Monday! I can’t wait to see if they are ‘all that’ or just ho-hum :o) I also received my

Do you guys ever get Plaxo emails from your friends asking you to update your contact info? I’ve gotten them off and on in the past and really never checked into the actual Plaxo service. Tonight, both Judie and I received emails from the same person asking us to update our info. She then mentioned

Coolness…the Nokia 7200 is for real. Now I just need the phone and some Louis Vuitton inserts. Well, that and GSM/GPRS coverage in my area. ;0) Thanks Cornelis Steinitz and Larry Cox.

I’m back home again in Indiana! Before I left for vacation, I had cancelled my order for the Canon SD10 digital camera that I had made through Amazon when I realized that it wouldn’t arrive in time for my trip. So, one of the first things I did when I came back home was to

Hi all! In case any of you have wondered about my lack of posts this week, I’ve been on vacation at Treasure Island in Florida. Until today (my last day here), I’ve been without internet access. ACK! Yeah, I know I’m on vacation, but just the thoughts of email upon email piling up, has made

I have Google’d it to death, but I can’t find any more information about the Nokia 7200 GSM/GPRS mobile phone pictured at this (French) site. Supposedly it will be available October 28. Even though the phone has plenty of cool features, I am most intrigued with the color coordinated “style packs” and “textile covers”. Hmmmm…if

How many of you are aware that after Nov. 24, a new federal regulation will allow us, for the first time, to keep our cellphone numbers when we change mobile services? This will affect all mobile phone companies and will in effect give us as consumers a much more powerful position when we are considering

It’s almost 11:30pm, and I really should be in bed, but I just had to install the new iTunes for Windows. I’ve been waiting for this for a long while, and now that it’s here, I think I’m in love! I only had a Powerbook for a few months, but in that time I really

As a solution to address the battery life issues that some T3 reviews are reporting, Palm has sent us a product called Power To Go. It’s a clip-on sled that is compatible with the Tungsten T, Tungsten T2, Tungsten W, Zire 71, m500 Series, i705, and m130 devices. According to the specs, one full charge

We just got home – what a fantastic trip! Steve had a great CT Scan at MD Anderson, the Gators won, and Jeff Gordon came in within the top 5…so we bought a Powerball ticket! HA! I wrote up a quick recap of game day – it’s totally non-gadget related so consider yourself warned…