08:09 PM by Colin Dunstan in Miscellaneous | Lounge

In celebration of America Recycles Day next Monday, Staples is asking consumers to recycle their used PDAs, pagers, rechargeable batteries and ink and toner.

"As part of our company-wide commitment to protect natural resources, Staples is proud to support America Recycles Day," said Mark Buckley, vice president of environmental affairs at Staples. "We're pleased to help our customers 'close the loop' by recycling their used products and offering them 2,800 products with recycled content whenever they shop at Staples."

So you can just go to any of Staples 1,100 U.S. stores to recycle your used products.

06:40 PM by Colin Dunstan in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

A programmer from Bulgaria Hungary managed to write a tweaked GAPI driver (free + open-source) called X50v GAPI QVGA to accelerate GAPI video performance for games and emulators that don't officially support the new graphic chip of the Dell Axim X50v.

Users report that with this driver a game for instance like Warfare Inc. that was before "choppy at times and slow" now plays "smooth and fast."

There are still a few bugs to be ridden off (e.g. graphics sometimes fade in and out), but considering how fast this independent project is evolving, I have no doubt that the driver reaches "stable" in no time.

[Via Aximsite]

06:16 PM by Bob Russell in Miscellaneous | Lounge

Believe it or not, Tablet PCs were mentioned in the Bible. No, really! Well, sort of.

Check it out at Working Smart

BTW, Michael Hyatt is "President and Chief Operating Officer of Thomas Nelson Publishers, the largest Christian publishing company in the world and the ninth largest publishing company of any kind." His blog covers tech topics surrounding efficient ways to get things done along the lines of David Allen's GTD philosophy.

05:33 PM by Bob Russell in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

Weather To Go is a free application for Pocket PC that gives weather information on your Today screen. It can also be found at http://www.tonaya.com/

I haven't tried it yet, but I'm going to install it this weekend because it looks great! Those of you on PalmOS... eat your hearts out. Yea, yea, yea. I know... Palm still has the best PIM apps.

Thanks to PDA 24/7 for the original mention.

If anyone gives this a try, let us know what you think.

01:55 PM by Colin Dunstan in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

Few days ago we reported that you could catch a palmOne Tungsten T5 for a low $349.99, and we thought that was cool.

Here is the new lowest price record: palmOne.com has the Tungsten T5 for $399 - and if you apply the coupon code DEVBUY11, you'll get it for $319.20, shipped free!

I don't have any information for how long the coupon works, so better hurry if you are in need of a new Palm

01:40 PM by Colin Dunstan in E-Book General | Deals and Resources (No...

Diesel eBooks is a new e-book store providing instant access to over 35,000 mostly commercial book titles in various formats (Microsoft Reader LIT, eReader, and Adobe PDF).

Browsing their shop I noticed that some of my favorite books were not available for purchase. Let's hope they will be able to get more e-books in stock over time.

At Geek.com I stumbled over an exclusive 20% discount. Just type in dieselgeek15 during the check-out process after selecting your books.

01:24 PM by Colin Dunstan in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

You've probably heard about T-Mobile's exclusive celebrity-laden launch party for the Danger Sidekick 2 which took place in August this year. Tony Hawk, Shannon Elizabeth, Paris Hilton, and other luminaries in young Hollywood traveled the red carpet to receive the trendy new gadget for free before anyone else did.

Today (three months after the party), while skimming the entertainment news, I found a link to a hi-res photo of Paris at the Cadillac R&R Spring 05 Fashion Show. Look here and here at what she is holding in her lap.... doesn't this crystal encrusted gadget look familiar to you?

This was definitely a great marketing idea! I think T-Mobile, among all mobile gadgets suppliers, should receive the Best Marketing Award 2004

12:07 PM by Alexander Turcic in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

iNUSTRY Entertainment offers a great 20% discount for everyone who is interested in purchasing their hit game 'Jack or 100 Ways to Barbecue'. The game, which is available for PalmOS, PocketPC and Smartphone, now costs $11.95 (was $14.95).

Game description: Jack or 100 Ways to Barbecue is a platform game containing all the perfection of a great game - fun, original ideas, interesting task, great graphics, pleasant music, eagerness to play it over and over again.