Comments on: What Gadgets Did You Get over the Holidays?

By: How I became a Kindle-vangelist « TalentedApps

How I became a Kindle-vangelist « TalentedApps — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:31:04 +0000

[...] order queue for the Kindle 2. Christmas came in March, and I am now two weeks experienced, so as I promised Jake, I’m sharing my love of the Kindle with the [...]

By: Jake

Jake — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 01:43:41 +0000

Wow, impressive. I'll check that out the next time I get an ear-full about turning on the TV. Thanks for the tip

By: AmiD

AmiD — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:00:21 +0000

You must get her the Harmony One but be ready to say ” hear me out..” when she opens the box and sees yet another gadget. I mean, I loved it now, but it's not your typical gift. My boyfriend also included a promise to program the remote as well as to add any new devices we pick up in the future- a pretty sweet deal!

The beauty of the Harmony is you can set up Activites, like watch TV, watch DVD, etc that turns on all the components you need.
Watch DVD can turn on your tv, DVD, and audio system all with one press of the touch screen.
You can even go all James Bond and program it to turn on your fireplace or open the blinds as long as they have remote control access.

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 23:52:20 +0000

Hmm, that sounds like something my wife would like. She (thankfully) puts up with the myriad of remotes we use.

When I used to have kickass audio, I had to draw a diagram with instructions on how to play a CD, watch TV, etc. She's long-suffering.

By: AmiD

AmiD — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:54:17 +0000

Late post, since I am behind on my Appslab reading...

I received a Harmony One remote (Logitech) from my gadget loving boyfriend. A great gift since I managed to break the other universal we have and was having to wrangle 3 remotes just to watch TV.

Two thumbs way up for the Harmony One. You can control up to 15 devices and it has a cool touch screen and nifty backlighting.
Now I need to get more devices..

By: Jake

Jake — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 07:12:42 +0000

Wireless thingy for the TiVo is dead simple. The hardest part is typing the WAP password using the remote; worse if you're using WEP. When the first came out with that thingy, it only supported WEP, which is both a) really insecure and b) a really long string of digits. WAP support was a double-win.

I'm jealous of the Netflix feature. Pondering a Series 3/HD upgrade.

Kindle! Wow, review that when you get it. I'm curious about it.

By: megbear

megbear — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 03:11:35 +0000

I have two pending gadgets. 1) the wireless thingy for the Tivo — this I have but haven't hooked up yet. It's going to allow us to use the Netflix feature 2) the Kindle book. This I have ordered but it's still backordered but I'm looking forward to it. So this is 2 gadgets from a girl who doesn't like gadgets… hmm…

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:58:11 +0000

That's the one thing that may tip the scales in favor of an HD TiVo for me. As said before on this blog, I wish I had taken advantage of the lifetime swap from my Series 2 to the HD version when they first were introduced.

Now that I'm an HD snob, I'm totally wishing I had the HD TiVo.

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:53:39 +0000

I bought Rosetta Stone Spanish (LA, heh) a while back, but I can't ever seem to make time for it. It looks great, if only I had more time . . .

You photo geeks should start a photo club or something over on Flickr for all your photography.

By: manalang

manalang — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:07:40 +0000

I (we) got a Tivo HD. After we moved to the new pad, we got a 46″ Samsung LCD HD and so we wanted to get an HD DVR. We decided to use the Comcast DVR, but was sorely missing our Tivo. The Tivo HD hooks right up to our Netflix acct… loving it. You can get 720p from Netflix streaming… for free.

By: manalang

manalang — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:05:26 +0000

I love my Nikon D70 (circa 2004). Before this I used a combo of a Canon point and shoot (A70) and a Nikon N80 (film). I had a Nikon film scanner that did the job. I love Nikons, but frankly, it's all about the lens. Don't bother spending all your cash on a body… spend it on your lenses. And here's a tip, don't get zoom lenses… they suck. If you want the sharpest most amazing quality, go with a fixed-focus lens.

By: Floyd

Floyd — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:00:30 +0000

I'm a member of the photo junkie club myself…a Canon guy. Picked up a few lens filters, a boom arm for one of my light stands, and a new 3-in-one reflector over the holidays.

I also got all three levels of Rosetta Stone Spanish (Latin America) in my latest attempt to pick up the language.

By: Jake

Jake — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:34:48 +0000

I'm amazed at how many photo junkies there are out there. Rich and Paul are both into cameras too; check the AppsLab Reader feed, and you'll find all kinds of camera gadgetry.

I suppose digital cameras opened a window for photography as a popular artform, and the 'tubes has helped by creating art galleries for everyone to show in, e.g. Flickr, Picasa.

I know nothing about cameras, but it sounds sweet.

By: noelportugal

noelportugal — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:31:59 +0000

I finally bit the bullet on got a DSLR. I am a photo aficionado and enjoy the old school B&W photography, but I claim I don't have enough time for it…so for the past few years I've been upgrading several digital point and shoot cameras. So I finally did it! I stayed with Nikon since that's what I know and like ..Anyways that was my x-mas present and I'm loving it!