Monday, December 29, 2008
Motorola StarTac plus ClipOn Organizer, circa 1999!
The Motorola StarTac was an incredibly sleek phone back in it's day. I have the AT&T version, which uses TDMA cellular technology. I also have the StarTac ClipOn Organizer, which employed Starfish software to synch the PDA data to my PC as well as to an online website, so that the data was safely backed up and readily available on the web. Phone contact entries could be dialed from the Organizer itself, as it interfaced via the charger/data connector to the phone. Pretty advanced stuff considering it's been nearly 10 years ago that all this was possible already.
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
A smooth upgrade from my previous Nokia E51
I charged up my shiny new Nokia E71 last night, and was eager to start using it right away. But first things first, I had to grab my data from my E51. Problem is, I already sold it a couple months back, and didn't have my original device.
Fortunately for me, I did do a Content Copier backup of the E51 before selling it (and reformatting it) so I dug around my hard drive for the backup from October, downloaded the latest Nokia PC Suite from the Nokia website, and then restored the data onto my new E71 via the USB cable. Almost everything came over - I was very relieved. My contacts, my calendar, my Active Notes, even my SMS messages all made their way to my new device. Now *that* is how every new phone purchase experience should be - a completely smooth upgrade path from one to the other. Kudos to Nokia for making this possible.
As a matter of fact, I experienced a seamless upgrade experience as well from my Nokia 6133 to the E51 originally, courtesy of Phone Switch, which I performed wirelessly via Bluetooth. No more lost friends or vital data just because of a new phone. :)
Fortunately for me, I did do a Content Copier backup of the E51 before selling it (and reformatting it) so I dug around my hard drive for the backup from October, downloaded the latest Nokia PC Suite from the Nokia website, and then restored the data onto my new E71 via the USB cable. Almost everything came over - I was very relieved. My contacts, my calendar, my Active Notes, even my SMS messages all made their way to my new device. Now *that* is how every new phone purchase experience should be - a completely smooth upgrade path from one to the other. Kudos to Nokia for making this possible.
As a matter of fact, I experienced a seamless upgrade experience as well from my Nokia 6133 to the E51 originally, courtesy of Phone Switch, which I performed wirelessly via Bluetooth. No more lost friends or vital data just because of a new phone. :)
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Welcome to Gadgets 411
Thank you for visiting Gadgets 411! I'm happy to debut this new blog devoted to anything and everything related to the latest gadget news, product announcements, and gadget unboxings as a separate blog from my other site, FotoblogNYC.
I welcome your emails and look forward to having you join me again for future posts! Enjoy
I welcome your emails and look forward to having you join me again for future posts! Enjoy
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