Voice recorder: A number of small, cheap (~$50) MP3 players have a sound recorder function -- e.g., RCA "Pearl". You can easily store 80 hours or so in just the built-in 1Gbyte; the AAA battery lasts only about 15 hours. (The Pearl stores the sound in .wav format, but it actually takes up less room than mp3 because it uses a standard lowfi telephone codec.) Unfortunately, getting the Pearl into "record" mode isn't easy with one hand while driving, and it doesn't have a squelch function to stop recording when nothing is happening. You might also try PARPRo on the Treo 700p: http://www.toysoft.ca/audio.html If you want to listen to sound/music on the Treo, upgrade the builtin version of Pocket Tunes: http://www.normsoft.com/products/ Also get Audio Gateway to utilize stereo Bluetooth headphones: http://www.softick.com/ At 09:26 PM 6/8/2008, James Propp wrote:
Voice recorder: Well, at least I should be able to record my thoughts while I drive. My Treo 700p has a Voice Memo function, but it's not very versatile. Does anyone have a voice recorder that they like, that's suited to use as a digital dictaphone?
Get an Apple AirPort Express, which is little bigger than a pack of cards, and use it as a repeater/extender. It works even without a Mac, but configuring it without a Mac can be problematic (perhaps Apple has finally come out with PC SW for this). http://www.apple.com/airportexpress/
Wireless signal booster: I once bought one from a company called Quickertek, but they were never able to get it to work for me (in part because Max OS X 10.3.9 was already ancient by the time I bought the Quickertek device). Anyone out there know of a good way to enhance my laptop's ability to pick up distant signals? (This was a handier thing back before so many people used encryption; back then, it was easier to find some person with a Netgear router who hadn't set up security.)