Sometimes, an item shows up in my mailbox for review that I REALLY want to work well. Maybe the description of the item just sounded so cool that I hope it lives up to the hype. Other times I’m rooting for the product because I believe in their mission and am rooting for the company to succeed. But in the end, the product has to actually work for us here at GearDiary to recommend it to you, oh gentle reader.

The Solio Solar Charger from CREDO Mobile is exactly this kind of gadget.

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Have you ever dropped a PDA or cellphone and had the screen crack? Have you had it up to here with Windows Mobile’s quirks? Well maybe, just maybe, this PDA is for you. What PDA can withstand drops and use in the rain? What PDA doesn’t run Windows Mobile or Palm OS anymore?? The Recon 400X. Now you might say hey I thought this PDA ran Windows Mobile. Well, it does. However, now, via SDG Systems, you can get a Recon 400X that runs Linux!

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The Nokia N800 has been introduced at CES and all of the talk on the Linux based device websites has been about this new device. While I don’t have a N800 yet, I do have a Nokia 770 Internet Tablet and Judie has asked me to write my thoughts about it for Gear Diary. I want to thank Judie for the opportunity to share what is so great about this platform.

The Nokia 770 Internet Tablet is the one that started it all for Nokia in a space that has all but dried up for Pocket PC and Palm based devices. First introduced at Linux World Summit in may of 2005, the Nokia 770 is touted not as a PDA, but as a Internet Appliance. So that means that it does not have your standard PDA device applications such as calendaring, to do lists and more. However, since the 770 runs Linux, you can install anything your heart desires on it.

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Then you should check this out, from the Gear Diary Free Trade Publications section…

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Well, then after you have read the latest reviews on it - including Ed’s, Eric’s, and Tong’s - you’ll need to think about some accessories.

Kat from Proporta just sent me an email featuring a few cases that might interest owners of this newest and slickest BlackBerry device. The first is the Alu-Leather Book, and the second is the Alu-Leather Flip.

  

Both cases use Proporta’s trademark “Screen Saver System” which “uses a sheet of rigid, lightweight aircraft grade aluminium to line the case, protecting your delicate device screen from crushing and impact shocks.”