Bluetooth Keyboard with Blackberry Playbook

In the age of computing, I’ve found that things are a lot more complicated now, than say 15 to 20 years ago. When I was at high school and would need to use the computer I would jump on the PC we had in the family house and use it to write up my school and university assignments.

These days there are so many technological options to use as a tool to write with. I now understand why lots of writers still refuse to use technology and go back to use good old fashion pen and paper, but since I like my technology I was keen on using some of the digital toys that I had at home.

Bluetooth Keyboard

NEC MobilePro P300

Over the weekend I decided to wipe the dust off some of my old gadgets and have a bit of play around.

I found my trusty old PDA that I purchased at a sale around 10 years ago. I purchased it because I thought it might come in handy at the time as I had numerous meetings a day to take notes at and need help to stay on top of things.

NEC MobilePro P300

Apad iRobot 7” Android Tablet Review

Having recently visited a local computer markets, I fell about a vendor who was selling iRobot 7" Android tablets as well as variety of larger ones, both in terms of size and specifications. For $100 I couldn't help myself and ended up purchasing one.

For $100 I didn't have high expectations and didn't really expect it to perform las well as the more expensive brand name tablets such as Toshiba, Motorola and Samsung.

In The Box

• 7" Apad iRobot Android 2.2 tablet
• AC Adapter
• USB / Ethernet Adapter
• MID User Guide (English Version)

Getting Started

After completely charging the tablet for the first time, I hit the power button, the tablet booted up with the usual Android icon splash screens. Once tablet had booted up, I was presented with the usual Android homepage displaying Google Android 2.2 installed nicknamed Froyo. The tablet came with a number of pre-installed applications. These applications are outlined below.

OTA Download & Aerize Card Loader - No Longer Worry About Application Storage!

For those of you that know me, I often like to tinger with gadgets and mobile software. For me I like to utilise every aspect of them.

I recently upgraded my Blackberry Bold 9000 to a Blackberry Torch 9800. I think both phones are great, but one of the issues I had with the 9000 was the lack of space to install my apps.

I don't have this issue with my Torch, well not yet anyway. But I have found a bit of a solution.

 

Recently I found a small application called Aerize Card Loader. Basically if there is a cod file stored in the root directory of your SD card, then the Aerize Card Loader can install the application on your SD Card instead of in the limited application storage on your Blackberry (will come in handy on older BB with limited application storage). While it doesn't work for every application, I found it works well for some of the smaller utilities that might be used on different occasions.

More information about Aerize Card Loader can be found at Mobihand - Aerize Card Loader

Evernote

For those that like to get things done (GTD) I found Evernote to be the perfect option. The solution provides me with an application on notebook at home, I use the web application at work and while on the move I use the Blackberry evernote application.

Having Evernote at my fingers tips all the time allows me to clear my head at any point of time and jot down a few notes and then categorise them under tags and then work through my notes and complete anything in my to do list tag. I found splitting my to to do lists into ‘Work’ at ‘Home’ and ‘Anywhere’. Its also worth having a shopping category when on the move so that you keep notes if you are pricing items or even to trigger a reminder what you need to buy when you are out and about.

Something worth looking at if you are constantly busy.

MP3 Player - Sound Quality

Being a gadget freak I've been lucky enough to have opportunity to try a number of different MP3 Players. Some stand alone players, portable media devices and mobile phones with players build in.

The three that stand out for me is the iPod 30 GB Classic (Fifth Generation), the Sony W810 phone / walkman and the Blackberry Bold 9000. All for different reasons.

For consistency, I have loaded the same MP3s on each player as well ensuring I tried each player with the same headphones. The headphones I used were a pair of AKG DJ K518, they are relatively clear, nicely balanced and a have a fair bit of punchy compared to some other headphones I have used.

PMP HDD Player

Thinking outside the square and instead of getting a new iPod I thought I would look for something a little different. What I was looking for was a personal media player where I had a choice of my own hard drive size, instead of being restricted to a the general build in hard wired MP4 / MP3 players that wouldn't break the budget.

What I ended up getting was a PMP HDD Player that had;

• audio and video output,
• microphone / karaoke input,
• mini USB,
• monitor output,
• both AC power 
• battery inputs
• SD card reader 
• ability to copy the files back and forth without having to get it up to a computer or TV.