Protecting your Gadgets

Why would you write a glowing review about a product that you can't even see?

That's precisely the point: you can't see it but it does have the very important job of protecting the shiny gadgets that you don't want to get scratched. 

And that's why they call it the InvisibleSHIELD.

I have put it to good use on two of my most treasured devices, my Nokia N80 and iPAQ 4700. 

Let's see how we went.

Swiss Made and Stunning

This nicely specced PocketPC phone from upstart company Zenum is designed by Jaren Goh in Singapore but conceived in Switzerland and that’s probably as far as “Swiss Made” goes these days…
It’s a beautiful concept phone and the company assures me that by the end of October they will send one to me to test out and thus convince a sceptical world that rather than labelling it as vaporware it’s a serious contender if you’re looking for a fully connected (GSM, WiFi, Bluetooth) device that also sports a 2MP camera.
Hopefully you’ll read the first in-depth user review here soon but to get you salivating, check out the preliminary specs below.

(By the way, Opus Operis means Completed Work, so we've got confidence to see the Opus live very soon!)

The other day I had the opportunity to have a quick look at the Nokia E61 which most people would categorise as a Blackberry type smartphone.
I only spent an hour with the E61 which probably doesn't do it justice so we'll just stick to the facts and let the pictures do the talking.

Piel Frama added some more high-quality leather cases to their immense range today.
This time for the Palm Treo700p.

As usual, these feature:
Rotating and completely removable belt clip (the knob is also removable)
Magnetic system closure.
2 MMC Slots.
1 Money Pocket.
Soft leather lining.
ABS inserted protection.
 

The price is 60 € in cowskin and 90€ in crocodile-cowskin or Ostrich-cowskin model
(UPS or TNT shipping costs are included in the price)

More info: http://www.pielframa.com

Available in black, tan, black/tan, red color.

A new version of Franson GpsGate has just been released which allows multiple applications to access the one GPS receiver. Version 2.0 is out now making it possible to even share a GPS over ActiveSync and giving access to Google Earth.

We will try this out when our new Flybook comes in as we have some aviation-specific navigation queries that this utility seems to be able to adress quite nicely...

A Must-Have Crime Busting Tool

Over a year ago, I had a look at the Pila GL3 from Permalight Asia. Since that last review, Pila have been hard at work overhauling their whole range.

Their website has changed and so have the flashlights. Or have they?

Today I take another look at the GL3 and I’m quite excited. What’s so exciting about something as boring as a torch, I hear you say?

Well read on…

While we're waiting for the latest Flybook to arrive on our doorstep, have a look at a couple of our earlier reviews we did on this now almost cultic machine. Here's the second review from some two years ago:

I’ve spent about 3 months with arguably the best-connected ultra-portable notebook in the world, most of that time on the road and all of the time the Flybook being the only computer I worked with.  How did that go?  Have my enthusiastic first impressions (see our July 21 review) mellowed or did I discover the Flybook is for keeps?

Follow me as I put my travelling companion to work.

ATP is not as well-known as Sandisk or Lexar but they are leaders when it comes to fast and inexpensive MultiMediaCards.  We tested the 256MB and also made some comparisons with SD and CF cards. Here’s what we found.