Gear Diary

Hey all. I’ve returned from a Mobius trip that I attended last week in Seattle, WA. Microsoft put up a group of us (about 20 or so people representing the top mobile related websites). This was my 4th Mobius trip and like last year it was focused almost entirely on Smartphones and associated software / […]

Happy Monday! Today is Gadgeteer Christmas Review Bundle Day. Whoohoo! I’ve already posted the first two, but there are MANY more on the way. When it is all said and done, we may post as many as 12-15 reviews today. I think that will be a Gadgeteer record. Right now I’m working on a review

Well, I did it! I had set a goal to post seven items in Julie’s and my annual Christmas review-athon extravaganna, and I just finished the last one. Now it’s bed time! Tomorrow should be fun – lot’s of gift-inspired reviews for your holiday pleasure. :0) Speaking of holiday pleasure and gift-giving, be sure to

I didn’t do the after Thanksgiving shopping thing this year. Actually I never do that… ;o) Instead I’ve planted myself in the basement in front of my computer and am hard at work on at least 4 reviews (1 down, 3 to go) for our annual Gadgeteer Christmas review bundle. Look for Judie’s and my

Even though Snopes.com dismisses the idea, I am still blaming our Thanksgiving turkey for this afternoon’s lethargy. It was about all I could do, to crawl on the couch and read an eBook this evening without falling asleep. It was a good thing that I had finally received the iPAQ extended battery I had been

Happy Thanksgiving Day everyone! Hope you all have a great day filled with family, turkey dinners, pumpkin pies, naps, football games, leftovers and websurfing! :o)

Finally…I finished Arvale. This is a big deal for me, as that is not only the first RPG that I ever seriously played, but also the first I have ever finished. Yes, I got seriously stuck a few times and thought about quitting, but the game was so interesting and fun that I kept coming

I bought the Nintendo DS on the way home from work tonight at Circuit City. It’s charging as I type this. Whoo Hoo… — I love it when technology solves problems! A couple weeks ago, the west coast ABC feed on DirecTV was down one night and I missed recording one of my new favorite

Hey all… This should be a great weekend as I have 2 new toys to play with. One is gadget related and the other isn’t. The gadget is the Dell X50v Pocket PC that arrived a day or two ago. I’m liking it pretty well so far even though I did have a slight problem

I would have never in a million years thought that it would be possible, but I have been sucked into an RPG! I was sent a notice from Peter Balogh, of PDA Mill that their new game Arvale was available. So I went to take a look, and I even sent Julie and email to

For the last week or so, I have been plagued by this “1 Unread Message” on my PPC’s Today screen. This happens whether there is anything unread in my folder or not, and even when there is nothing whatsoever in my inbox. I have done soft resets, and was contemplating doing a hard reset, when

I have received a bit of sad news from Mark Hammill. Metal Styli, his custom business is closing down, “Due to circumstances out of our control.” His styli prices have been slashed, most by 50%. If you ever wanted to get a fabulous replacement stylus for your PDA, then you should get one of these.

Today’s guest review of the iPod Photo by Jody Farr marks the 1000th review posted on The Gadgeteer since its inception in 1997! That is a LOT of reviews folks! To break it down, I’ve written over 500 of them, Judie has written over 300 and we’ve had 200 or so guest reviews. I’d really

Thursday Tidbits: We have signed up with a new affiliate store that sells all types of mobile phone acessories. Please check it out. — Palmsource has added a useful section to their site. It’s a How-to Expert Guides section that has info for using your PDA to help with everything from Amateur Radio to Real

Ed, the Editor-in-Chief at Brighthand, just posted an article about Palm OS 6 (Cobalt) possibly not appearing until 2006. In Ed’s article, palmOne’s president Ed Colligan was quoted as saying, “Nobody knows when we’ll start the shift to Cobalt, OS 6, or on which devices,” Mr. Colligan said. “For now, we’re saying that we’ve built