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Gadgets

Communication

Nokia N70
My first ’smart phone’, replacing the old Siemens S55. It is not really smart, but has a lot to offer.

Audio

Slimdevices Squeezebox2
Wireless digital audio player, used to stream music in our house from a central linux based server.

H&B CA-5555i Car Audio MP3 Receiver
Failed car radio with iPod/mp3 support. See why.

Apple iPod Photo 60GB
The replacement of the iPod Mini. Bought it in 02/2006 and it is probably one of the last iPod Photo’s being sold.

~~Apple iPod Mini 4GB~~
Battery reached the end of its lifespan after only a year and since the 4GB were to small anyhow, I replaced it with the 60GB iPod Photo.

Computer

~~Epia-M10000 Homeserver~~
A 19″ low power linux server with 350GB disk space for our intranet at home. Used as mail, web, file and database server. Also runs the slimserver for the squeezebox. Unfortunately it makes too much noise and will be replaced one day. Update: Summer 2006 – it has been replaced. My old 17″ PowerBook is now the homeserver.

Buffalo Technology Gigabit LinkStation
Linux based Network Storage Center with 400GB and OpenLink firmware. As of 2007 not in use any longer because the speed was just too slow to move gigabytes around. Nice idea, failed realization.

Palm Livedrive
The Livedrive is my first PDA from Palm after some years of permanent frustration with PocketPCs and their miniature Windows OS. Eventhough the Palm OS on the Livedrive is a bit outdated it is still so much better. Bluetooth and W-LAN work fine. Unfortunately is does not use USB 2.0 for file transfer, so I am not really using the 4GB storage it offers. In the car the Livedrive works as a car-navigation system with the TomTom Navigator software and a bluetooth GPS mouse. In 2007 I stopped using it for navigation because the TomTom software crashes too often. Am using a stand-alone GPS navigation system from Garmin now.

Video

Buffalo Technology LinkTheater PC-P3LWG/DVD
Region free High-Definition Wireless Media Player with Progressive Scan DVD. Streams videos from the Linkstation. Usually it works well but occasionally a video codec is not being supported. Not in use any longer. My Mac-media server plays DVDs and everything else.

Elgato EyeTV Hybrid
A small digital terrestrial television as well as analog TV receiver for our Mac.

Various

Casio WVA-430E-7AVER Wave Ceptor Solar Watch
Solar cell powered watch with built-in radio signal receiver to ensure that the exact time is displayed across much of Europe.