Wednesday, 24 September 2008
My favourite gadgets
Chris Brogan asked on Twitter "Have you got too many gadgets?" and pointed to a video by Paolo Tosolini about gadgets.
My business partner has just acquired a mini-netbook with built in broadband. I've seen a lot of these handy gadgets at conferences, and when I'm clattering away on my noisy keyboard and lugging a heavy large laptop around, I do hanker after a mini. But at times like today when the laptop is my desktop workhorse, I prefer its large size and screen.
My favourite gadget though for portability and everything else is my HTC TyTN II. I've had it just under a year and I love it. It does so much! It's a phone, it has two cameras, a sound recorder (basic but adequate for my purposes), a touch screen, a slide-out tilting keyboard and Windows mobile. I can take notes, take and store photos and videos, record audio, draw rough sketches, keep my calendar, wake up in the morning with one of three alarms, and so much more - I keep finding new applications.... I haven't even activated the satnav yet... The only thing I've found it can't do is connect to a projector directly from Powerpoint mobile - but it can do so via a laptop.
Unfortunately I may have used it too much - one or two of the keys on the dinky keyboard are sticking a bit. Should I send it back while it's still in warranty? But I can't bear to be without it now!
What are your favourite gadgets?Labels: gadgets, HTC TyTN II, HTCTyTN, PDA, smartphone
posted by Helen Whitehead 8:31 AM
Sunday, 18 November 2007
My new HTC TyTN II
I've been {playing with} learning to use my new PDA/wonderphone: the HTC TyTN II (winner of several Best PDA and Smartphone awards). It has two cameras (both video cameras), voice recorder, music, Windows mobile with various programmes including Word, Bluetooth and wifi capability, synchs with my Outlook on the laptop (though haven't tried that yet) and with my online tasks-to-do application, and has a 4Gb hard disk the size of a fingernail. It has a proper keyboard which makes it much easier to text and make notes.
Plus it even makes phone calls.
Interestingly, there's a really quite good series of Flash elearning tutorials on the Web to teach me how to use it.
All I need now is a good price for an unlimited data contract...Labels: HTC TyTN II, mobile learning, mobile phones, PDA, smartphone
posted by Helen Whitehead 4:58 PM
Wednesday, 7 November 2007
Decisions on the mobiles and PDAs
OK, so it's taken me a while to make the decision! My colleague has purchased a Nokia 95 (as recommended in this blog by James Clay).
I am about to play with this one, and if I like it I'll buy it!
HTC TyTN
So I will soon be better-connected than ever...Labels: mobile learning, mobile phones, PDA
posted by Helen Whitehead 9:51 AM
