Gadgets

I need a special phone. This phone will need to have 2 sim slots. Yes, I know, there is something like that out there. Mine will be a little different. Like I said, it needs to have 2 sim slots. One for my personal sim with data plan and all and the other one for a "work" sim so I can get company mail, pages, and calls. Why? I DON’T WANT TO CARRY TWO PHONES ANYMORE! There are things I want to be able to do with my personal number that I don’t want to do on the work number and vice versa.

This phone would need to be a Window Mobile Phone. It would need to have custom software to allow for each sim to be able to ring in and have a different ring tone depending on which line is ringing. It needs to have a special version of Outlook that allows the exchange mail accounts to be different and definitely not merged together.

Now, let me get picky. I want this on a slide out QWERTY style device. Just throw this all into the HTC Touch Pro chassis and I will be happy. I can settle for my 2nd favorite form factor too, something like the Propel Pro or the BlackJack. I do very much prefer the touch screens, so ya.

Come on Samsung or HTC. Can ya hook a geek up? I don’t wanna carry two phones anymore.

After getting a chance to play with 3.0 aka the Fall Release at a Microsoft pow wow a couple weeks ago, I finally got around to updating my own Zune. 3.0 has been out for almost 2 weeks and I have just been lazy.

So far I like what I see. I just don’t feel like blogging on GotZune about it.

I wanted to go, but I have to be in Seattle Monday and Tuesday so things aren’t going to work out. I guess I’ll have to hit CES this year to make up for it.

Oh well…

Yeehaw… Time to fire it up! I have not been this excited for a new PC in 4-5 machines…

• Case ( Thermaltake Armor+ Gaming Case w/420W Power Supply Black )
• Power Supply ( 850 Watt – Thermaltake Toughpower W0172RU Power Supply Quad SLI Ready )
• Processor ( Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q9550 (4x 2.83GHz/12MB L2 Cache/1333FSB)
• Processor Cooling ( Thermaltake MaxOrb CPU Cooling Fan System Kit Silent & Overclocking Proof = Maximum cooling efficiency for quietness and performance )
• Motherboard ( eVGA Nvidia nForce 790i Ultra SLI Chipset w/7.1 Sound, Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, USB 2.0, 3-Way PCI-E MB )
• Memory ( 8 GB [2 GB X4] DDR3-1333 Memory Module OCZ-Gold  )
• Video Card ( [New !!!] NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 1GB w/DVI + TV Out Video )
• Hard Drive ( Gaming SSD Drive(Solid State Disk Drive) 128 GB 2.5 inch SATA MLC Solid State Disk )
• CD-RW/DVD-RW Drive ( [** Special !!! ***] 20X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive Black )
• Meter Display ( Thermal Temperature LCD Display Black )
• Flash Media Reader/Writer ( 12-In-1 Internal Flash Media Card Reader/Writer Black )
• Operation System ( Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium + [Free 60-Day !!!] Microsoft Office 2007(Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access ….) 64-Bit )
• Warranty ( Warranty Service Standard 3-Year Limited Warranty + Lifetime Technical Support )
• Rush Service ( Rush Service Fee (not shipping fee) [RUSH !!!], Ship Out in Next Business Day )

Of course not, most of us don’t. What makes us have this urge to update every time something new comes out? I haven’t a clue, but I suffer from this as well. The funny thing is that often times I come back to the same devices.

A couple years ago, I used the i-mate Kjam as my primary phone. I’d buy another or test one for a review and 2-3 weeks later, right back to the Kjam. Last year, it was the Palm Treo 750. For the last 6-7 months it’s the Tilt. I’ve been coming right back to the Tilt.  I’ve got the iPhone, the Nokia n95, the HTC Advantage and Touch, the Blackberry Pearl, the Centro, and a couple other phones just laying around unused. Some people prefer some of those phones to the Tilt, but I keep going back to the Tilt. It’s not what you might think either. I don’t keep going back because I own it and the others I don’t, I own most of the others too.

Every time I see a new phone pop up like the HTC Diamond, the Touch Pro, or the Xperia X1, I get really excited for their release, but why? The Tilt is fine. Is it the Geek in me? Sure. I have little interest in owning the Diamond, but the Touch Pro and the Xperia X1 are a couple phones that look like they could upend the Tilt as my daily driver. We’ll see.

Do you find yourself buying new gadgets just because and end up going back what you were using before?

At&t announced today a $99 Palm Centro in the GSM variety (Press Release). Unfortunately, it only comes with EDGE and not 3G. You can read the press release here for more info. Right now, I just want to show you some of the photos and share a couple 1st Impressions.

With our server move, I haven’t had a ton of time to play with this great looking $99 GSM Centro, but I used it 2 days. My 1st impression was WOW, that’s small! I got to play with Sprint’s version too, so it wasn’t a big shock how tiny, but it feels much smaller than you’d expect. Palm has done a great job with this device. It’s small, cute, but it also has limitations. Those limitations are quickly negated by the small price tag though.

As a phone, it was a pleasure to use. The keyboard works, but for big finger folks like me, it wasn’t exactly easy to use. Anyhow, dollar for dollar, the Palm Centro packs one hell of a punch and it’s a great entry level smartphone for anyone needing more than a feature phone can provide. Stay tuned for a full review soon. For now, let me share some photos! Check them out after the break…

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