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Nokia N810 Internet Tablet Review

June 8, 2009 in Gadget Reviews, Product Reviews, Uncategorized by admin | 10 comments

This is a belated followup to my previous post about the Nokia N810 Internet Tablet. I hadn’t received the tablet when I first wrote about it. I listed some of its features that made it attractive to me, and promised a review once I had the device in hand.

~~Here are some photos of the device next to my Creative Zen Vision M (approximately the same size and shape as an iPod Classic) and my Toshiba e330 Pocket PC.~~

Sorry, the photos were lost in transition.

Here is a list of features I mentioned in my previous post, and my impressions of them in actual use:

Tags: cell phone, device, gps, internet tablet, mobile internet device, nokia, Nokia n810, PDA, skype, wifi

Save money by using VOIP to make phone calls

December 16, 2008 in Gadget Reviews, Product Reviews by admin | No comments

What is VOIP?

“VOIP” stands for “Voice Over Internet Protocol.” Simply put, with VOIP, your phone conversations go over the internet rather than through landlines.

Okay, why does that matter?

The advantage to VOIP is that it is far less expensive. For example, the first phone service I ever had was absolute bare bones. No Call Waiting, no Caller ID, no Voice Mail – just plain old telephone service. Including taxes, I paid about $28 per month. The cost only goes up from there. I just did a quick internet search and discovered that in my area, Verizon charges $40 per month before taxes for unlimited calling to the US, Canada, and Puerto Rico. If I want voicemail, caller ID and call waiting, I would pay $45 per month before taxes.

I have all that and more for about $17 per month through VOIP.com.

Tags: Canada, Germany, internet tablet, phone service, Review, skype, US, verizon, voice over internet, VOIP, voip.com

Gadget Review: Belkin Wireless PDA Keyboard

June 9, 2008 in Gadget Reviews, Product Reviews, Reviews, Uncategorized by admin | 1 comment

As a student, I have to take a lot of notes. I’m a fairly fast typist, and I frequently get impatient when I have to write things by hand. Some of my classmates bring laptops to school, but I am reluctant to carry that much weight around or put such a valuable item at risk of loss, damage, or theft.

I recently purchased a Belkin F8U1500 Wireless PDA Keyboard from an Amazon retailer to use with my Toshiba e330 Pocket PC. I used it last month to take notes during a four-day seminar, and was very pleased. Some of the presenters spoke way too fast for anyone to take good handwritten notes, but I easily kept up with them.

Specifications

Measures 5.5 x 3.75 by .75 inches. Weighs .4 lbs.
Uses one standard AAA battery.
Keys are about 7/8th’s of full size.

Tags: Belkin, Electronics, fry s electronics, keyboard, PDA, Review, student, Toshiba, toshiba e330 pocket pc, Wireless, Word

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