• Great PDA

    Karen, Kathy and the Chinese School gang were asking their usual questions about cool gadget. Here are the latest recommendations for gadgets to buy: * “Sony T-140PL”:http://techonweb.com. This is $1850 from Techonweb. Its a great model. I’ll post more later as it does have some drawbacks but it pretty near…

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  • Riding with Dad

    Tandems and Kids. “Steve”:http://scbhooper.com rode with his son when he was eleven. Almost time for Alex to ride 200 miles with Dad. Here’s a great piece on how to do it on a tandem. Here are some good models: * “Co-motion”:http://www.co-motion.com/tandemenu.html. They have a racing aluminum one that looks wonderful…

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  • Synchronizing Files

    Beyond Compare – The file compare and directory compare utility from Scooter Software. I don’t understand why file synchronization has to be so complicated. This Beyond Compare thing is nerdy, but it sure is straightforward. Most depressing thing is that the iPod doesn’t expose the files, so you have to…

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  • All About Symbian Forums – Good Freeware Applications NOT Warez/Cracks. Here are some good applications including: * Fxplorer. A new file manager.

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  • With this new Nokia 6620, the move obvious question is what firmware to load: * All About Symbian Forums – To all MP3 player inquirers: The 6600 is not an MP3 player!. Also describes how to load “symbian oggplay”:http://symbianoggplay.sourceforge.net and also “dbpoweramp”:http://www.dbpoweramp.com to convert MP3 or WMA to OGG Its…

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  • Hot phone on CDMA

    !{float: left; margin-right: 10px;}http://cellphones.about.com/library/graphics/samsung_a700.jpg!:http://www.sprintpcsinfo.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=334 Many folks think this is the ultimate phone. The geek specs basically say that it support every major codec particularly HE AAC (3GPP compliant). ARM9 CPU 178×220 Pixel 16-Bit Color Main Display MIDP 1.0.3 3GPP, 3GPP2, H.263 & MP4 Support (Streaming Video Codecs) QCELP, AAC &…

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  • Psytel AAC

    Guide aac psytel – RareWares Knowledge Base. An alternative to the for free Nero AAC encoder. Not clear if it actually does HE AAC (e.g., High Efficiency) or only LC AAC (Low Complexity). I need HE AAC to slam it onto my phone. Turns out that Psytel was acquired by…

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  • 7 Zip

    7-Zip. Most of the file decompressors I know require you to pay. 7 Zip is the only freeware that knows .RAR and other strange formats.

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  • Just an update since folks ask me about this all the time. How does Rich Tong actually maintain his library. Well, this is kind of a complex topic and it seems to change every year. So, here is the latest guide: # “Half.com”:http://half.com. I normally actually buy CDs. That sounds…

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  • !{float: left; margin-right: 10px;}http://www.phonecontent.com/bm/moxiepix/a547.jpg!:http://www.phonecontent.com/bm/news/samsung/547.shtml “Phonecontent.com”:http://phonecontent.com. A cool site for the latest on the phone business. Interest phone news: * “Motorola goes high-end”:http://www.phonecontent.com/bm/news/motorola/576.shtml. They are launching a $900 (!!!) phone called the Razr that must be amazing given the price point. * “Camera phones to ship 205M in 2005”:http://www.phonecontent.com/bm/news/gnews/575.shtml. Wow these…

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