long term gadgets

mukki

god i buy a lot of gagets of ebay, but usually go meh! and sell them on after a few weeks

name a few gadgets that you still thought were brilliant to have a year after you bought them

mine...

usb key ( see thread below)
modded xbox
media center pc
nokia 6630

Baraboo

I would personally have thought that by definition a gadget was something that after 3 weeks you would sell or never want to see again. (And definitely would not like your wife to see and comment on) Anything that I bought that I still seriously liked and needed after a year would quallify as being a wise long term investment that I would have (mostly) no problem with explaining to my wife.

Serious battery recharger / NiMh Batteries - various sizes

Digital camera

Usb keys/memory cards/ memory card reader


Things that are gadgets can remain gadgets even if you still need and want them after a year of so.

For instance if you had bought one of the first DVD burners paid over 500 irish pounds back when this was a lot of money, cost more than your PC....

a year or two later when burners cost a quarter of this price and would burn faster and your wife found out what it cost this would still be an expensive embaras.. I mean gadget.

Lump

My Show centre..... CHeaper and better then a media PC TBH.

Owen

*deep breath*

Nokia n90
Canon 350d
Sony home Cinema projector
iTech Bluetooth Virtual Keyboard
Garmin Nuvi 350 SatNav
Wireless Broadband Router at home
iPod & Dension ICE Link
And lastly, my MINI Cooper

and that's the short list ! Anyone else poor from GAS? Gadget Addiction Syndrome?

deadl0ck

Actually - what's the virtual keyboard like ? Any good ?

Owen

Well, for the geek factor it's great, but TBH, I type much more slowly and deliberately than with a regular keyboard. I'm averaging 40/50 wpm with the Virtual Keyboard, as opposed to perhaps 70/80 with a standard. My Nokia n90 has T9 predictive text, and after 5 years or so, I'm a dab hand at that, BUT, when I use the office applications on my phone, then I use the keyboard, and then it's damn handy. In short, I'd recommend it. I'm getting a second one for my office, my desk is black, and I think it would be extremely eye-catching.

deadl0ck

Do they come with an external power supply or are they battery only ?

mukki

oppps i forgot to mention my Leatherman, once you used one if these a while you can't go anywhere without it (well except to the pub)

smemon

• nokia 6600 (bought 2.5 years ago )
• acer ferrari 4005Wlmi laptop (bought 1 year ago, my baby)
• creative 7.1 surround sound system & audigy 2 zs soundcard.
• 3 in 1 printer (scanner, photocopier, printer)
• coin sorter
• swiss army knife with usb drive
• utili-key
• eon ice credit card light
• skype phone
• 19-led handheld floodlight

that's about it. i've a digital camera on the way and just got a fenix P1 torch today so they'll be added to that list soon.

HashSlinging

K750i with w800 earphones for the standard earphone jack, so I can listen to mp3s in my car/home/friends house etc.. the phone is everything I'll ever need. best purchase to date.

tman

USB key (2 years on and she's still going strong and as handy as ever )
iPod (my parents bought it for me, but i'll definitely be buying another one soon)
Nintendo DS/DS lite (i thought that this would only be used for an occasional mindless blast, but how ****ing wrong was i!)

byte

• Mobile Phone
• Digital Camera
• Modded Xbox with XBMC
• MP3 Player
• Although not techy, a Foreman grill!

feylya

ned78 wrote:

Anyone else poor from GAS? Gadget Addiction Syndrome?

THIEF!

Also, DS
iRiver H340
iRiver LCD remote
Shure E2G's
Nokia 6680

wexfordman

Definately my Sonos, www.sonos.com and Homevision www.csi3.com followed by homeseer www.homeseer.com Started just as a curiosity and have now gone way out of control.
I'm in dublin for the week and just spent the night on the web to my house playing with the gadgets!!

Wexfordman

Edwardius

Iriver H320 (Rockboxed and still brilliant)
Remote for same player (ebay).
that's about it really. All the other gadgets have grown a bit stale in my eyes!