When I first read about Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3 camera, it was priced at around $400. I was interested but balked at such a high price for a compact camera, only to see the price rise to $500 even at decent outfits such as Amazon and B&H Photo Video. In fact, the LX3 sold so well that [...]
Archive for the ‘Gadgets’ Category
12 Jul
iPhone push notifications for Gmail
Google Mail (Gmail) is my primary email, but emails in my Gmail account are not pushed to my iPhone. Since I can’t (or don’t want to) switch to Palm Pre and Android, I will have to make do with some workarounds.
Requirements
An always on PC (or Mac if you are an Apple fan)
Growl for Windows (or [...]
7 Jun
Palm Pre impressions
I played with a Palm Pre today in a Sprint store. It was actually my second trip to the store this weekend – the first time I simply drove past after seeing the 10+ people lining near the door. Anyhoo, here are my initial thoughts:
The Pre is small compared to iPhone.
The screen was [...]
19 May
Ravage thumb drive
Thumb drives are usually a dime a dozen and boring, but this unfortunately-expensive Ravage transformable USB thumb drive certainly piqued my interest.
[Via CrunchGear]
11 May
No Chinese on Nokia 5800
Nokia 5800 does not display Chinese out of the box. I find that unacceptable in 2009. Don’t all modern operating systems support Unicode nowadays? Could it be that the Symbian OS has a legacy baggage? Or perhaps this phone just doesn’t have enough internal memory?
One of the attractive iPhone features was [...]
30 Apr
Nokia 5800 initial sync annoyance
We purchased an unlocked Nokia 5800 XpressMusic phone earlier this week. For $200 it was a great deal. The phone arrived yesterday.
Nokia 5800 is Nokia’s first phone with touch screen. As such the touch UI is still crude. One thing that ticked me off was the useless manual which said nothing on syncing [...]
11 Jan
One GSM Palm Pre wanted
Palm Pre was announced on Thursday in CES. I was busy the past two days, so I only got to read more on it last night and today. And after viewing Palm’s official CES presentation, I am really anticipating the release date.
While I like my iPhone, I am really annoyed by Apple’s thinking [...]
3 Dec
Meizu reviewed
When iPhone v1.0 was first announced by Apple two years ago, Meizu also appeared on the Interweb as a blaring iPhone copycat. Six months into iPhone 3G and after countless disappointments, Meizu is finally a reality…in China. A review (Chinese, English translation) is up, I wonder how much a unlocked version will cost.
24 Aug
Hoping for that ideal external iPhone 3G battery
The simple fact of the matter is that I need an external battery for my iPhone in order to keep up with a whole day of window shopping with my wife. When she shops, I surf, and the iPhone’s built-in battery simply isn’t built for such gruesome task.
There are a few external batteries [...]
6 Aug
Nikon P6000 has everything
Forget the Ricoh GX200 and the Pentax Optio W60, I want the Nikon P6000. It has everything under the sun:
RAW support, yeah!
Built-in GPS geotagging, what the?! Double yeah!!!
Wide angle lens, woohoo!
$500, boooooooooooo!
[Via Gizmodo]
