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July 24, 2008

Internet Connectivity

So my husband and I are on our way to the Las Vegas Alice and Media Computation workshop. I have had internet access most of the trip. We left Dallas at noon and are approaching Santa Rosa New Mexico. Several times I have had little Gs on the screen but the 8525 just reconnects and grabs stuff from the exchange server when that happens. the most 'fun' has been the GPS and following our progress with it. Don't woory it get worse I am insisting we stop at a stuckys and have been taking pictures of reststops.

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April 13, 2008

Technology Prices going down

We had a major storm this week, and as always, I lost a piece of equipment.  This time, a 19" LCD monitor. 

I decided to go over to the local Office Depot and replace it.  Found the exact same monitor for just under $200, so pulled the ticket and went to the register.  Took a while for them to come back with it, and when they did, they told me that there was "good new and bad news".

Bad news -- they didn't have the 19" monitor.

Good news -- they had the same brand monitor (Viewsonic), but bigger 20" wide screen, for $50.00 less.

Yes, it's the monitor I'm using to write this post.

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October 18, 2007

GPS is COOL!

Okay, it's been awhile since I've blogged.  STEM money, family money and some other grant money have all come together, and I've been picking up some little toys.

One is a Cingular 8525.  I was sort of thinking of waiting for the TILT and going with Windows Mobile 6, but I really liked the Cingular 8525 so picked it up a few weeks ago.

Well, last night I had a few free moments at Frye's -- I've been thinking of ordering a GSP Bluetooth Receiver on line, cheap, but I was a bit afraid of it.  You, I had a GPS receiver a long time ago when you could hook one up to a Palm pilot.  Didn't work well.

Well, I picked up a Nokia one for $49.99 and man is it sweet.  For me, it's perfect, with either Google maps or Live Search.  I may have to go somewhere just to play with it.

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July 20, 2007

U-Verse TV

Love it!  HD picture is gorgeous and it is MUCH cheaper than Time Warner.  Plus there are not 5 duplicate channels.

Interesting, I can watch the HD channels with a regular TV.  I assume I'm use the HD stream but will have to see.

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May 31, 2007

Palm Foleo

I've gone out to the Palm website and I am disappointed in the Foleo. However, I have been disappointed in my Treo since I for my Cingular 8125.

I am actually writing this blog post and not typing it. I am using my new Gateway convertible PC and it is much easier to use then I imagine the Folio is.Besot's using the tablet isn't that hard pairing it with the 8125 isn't had either.

Yes the tablet is more expensive but I think I get more bang for my buck.

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January 16, 2007

I am REALLY thankful for the Cingular 8125

Between the ability to tether and just the ability to get more things done the 8125 has really made teaching easier.

Yes, I can do most of those functions with the Treo, the 8125 is just easier.

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December 18, 2006

Rebate on my Cingular 8125

If you guys recall, or go back to the archives, I have a new telephone which I love. Well, I got the rebate back today and so far, I'm loving that too. They sent me a Visa card with $100 on it.

So far, it looks good. I just activated it, and hope to use it. The only weird part is that if you use it to buy gas, you can't use it at the pump -- I think that's because of how debit cards are handled at the pump.

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November 12, 2006

8125 is a laptop killer

At least for me. Especially if there is wifi around. I did not open my laptop while I was in houston. Virtual earth got me there. Ereader kept my luggage weight down. I had email,gmail, and district email access 24/7. So, I mailed in the rebate form today.

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November 6, 2006

I wrote a VB program for my 8125 today

We have Visual Studio 2003 on our computers, and I had a spare moment today, so I took a few minutes and wrote a quick and dirty VB program, created the CAB and downloaded it to my phone.  Same level of program my regular CS kids are writing and creating.

I am not sure they got how cool it is that it is THAT easy to do, hopefully they will.  I'm going to show all my classes that today.

By the way, I got the idea of doing it from Alfred Thompson's blog! 

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November 4, 2006

8125

So far I like the 8125 after using it for a week. Biggest problem ... diabetes software but I still have my Treo and an Zire. The Treo still works of course and switching to it just takes moving the SIM. Gmaps doesn't work but Virtual Earth Mobile does. The Internet and email works much better. Syncing is easier. Actually everything I do on a regular basis is easier on the 8125. I have ordered a case similar to the case I have for the Treo. Silicon that takes little extra room. I have also ordered a screen protector.

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October 31, 2006

Phone SharpMT

I am trying the edition and it is working much better than the pocket version. At the moment I have the functionality I use on a regular basis though I am trying to decide what to do about diabetes software. Free software is not easy to find

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Pocket Sharp

I am using Pocket Sharp to blog with the phone. The only problem is that it keeps popping up the screen keyboard.

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