Tag Archives: HP Palm Phones and Tablets

Upgrading to a Palm Treo 680

I’ve been a pretty satisfied user of Palm PDA’s over the years and have bounced around different brands such as the innovative Sony Clie models and especially the Tapwave Zodiac for the half-VGA (480 x 320) screen for eBook reading and the generous memory of 128MB and two SD card slots. I’ve always subscribed to [...]

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Treo 750 Comparison Photos

As promised, here are a couple comparision photos of the Treo 750, 700wx and the 6945. I didn’t grab the SX66 for this session because it was on the other side of the house and I’ve got a few different things to do tonight, and didn’t want to be away from the PC long enough [...]

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Treo 750 in the House!

Hey kids!  Guess what??  I just scored a Treo 750 on the AT&T, uh, Cingular, uh, I mean AT&T network! I got it yesterday, and I have been merrily transferring, synching, installing, etc. most of the day.  Stay tuned, and I’ll have some cool comparrison shots of the device next to the 700wx, iPAQ 6900, [...]

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Treo 650 Housing Replacement Do-It-Yourself Instructions

[Ed. note: Larry originally wrote this article for the Palm Is Life forum, but he has also translated it for posting here. To see this article in the original Chinese, click here. Happy Hacking!] Around two weeks ago at “http://www.palmislife.com/“, we had a group purchase activity for buying complete set of Treo 650 Housing as [...]

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All About the Treo 680

[Ed. note: This unboxing with comments was written and translated by Michael Lin ("puttingdog") and posted on the Palm is Life Forum. The original Chinese version with larger pictures may be seen here. Gear Diary would like to thank Michael for making his pictures and commentary available to an English Speaking audience and Larry for [...]

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The Palm Treo 650 Speaker Fix

[Ed. note: Larry originally wrote this article for the Palm Is Life forum, but he has also translated it for posting here. To see this article in the original Chinese, click here. Happy Hacking!] When the Palm Treo 650 launched, it came with an earpiece issue; its speaker sound was too low for regular people [...]

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The Palm Treo 700p Palm OS Smartphone Review

It didn’t hit home that the last Palm OS device I had owned was the Tapwave Zodiac, until Alison from Astraware asked if I would like to take a look at their new Palm OS game Cake Mania. But I couldn’t, because I had sold the Zod in 2005 and had never replaced it. D’oh! [...]

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A Tale of Two Treos

I need a Palm device since I don’t currently own one, and because of that I thought it would make perfect since to get a Palm OS Treo.  My main mobile phone is currently a Samsung A900, but it has no geek cred. So a little background: I generally prefer to carry two devices, a mobile phone and a main [...]

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Sony NEX-6 Smart Remote Control in 90 Seconds

I upgraded my camera to the Sony NEX-6 today, and I am already loving it. At $899 for the body [...]

Budd Coates Teaches ‘Running On Air’ – The Monday Mile

Running on Air

I remember being about 20 miles into my first marathon, and the pacer making a very big deal about breathing [...]

Kinivo BTX350 Digital Wireless Speaker Review

I’m a big fan of Bluetooth enabled, wireless speakers in this age of cell phones, tablets, and computers.  We’re always [...]

Madden NFL 25 Anniversary Edition Amazon Exclusive Deals

EA Sports, Amazon, and DirecTV have released details on great deals included in the upcoming limited-edition version of the Madden [...]

team & marke Launches Fläzbag Tablet Pillow Stand

I don’t know about you, but when I think of “products from Germany”, I think of severe stuff, by and [...]

Toddy Screensters Clean Your Screen with Character

Toddy Screensters

If you own any device with a touchscreen, then you know all too well how quickly and easily they get [...]