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After reading Max’ rather euphoric review about the new Amazon Kindle 2 ebook reader, I also ordered the international version of the always-on e-ink reader. The hardware is pretty okay for this price (around €200), so I was willing to put my fear of proprietary DRM-systems aside for once. Today UPS delivered my device, but the initial happiness about the hardware wouldn’t last too long – to be exact, it abruptly ended when I found out there is no way to view PDF-files on the Kindle. After a little online research I discovered an acceptable workflow to upload my PDF-ebooks to the reader: MobiPocket Creator, a free ebook conversion software, turns PDF-files into PCRs, which can be organized and displayed with the Kindle.

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The second Google Android phone comes without any keyboard – after the rather disastrous hardware of the G1, HTC/Google decided to go with iPhone touchscreen hype. But unlike Apples geek gadget android can run multiple applications at once, also known as multitasking. This viral clip targeting the British market is quite funny, yet still I’m not impressed: using windows mobile on HTC hardware I’ve been enjoying these kinds of perks for quite some while now:

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Last week HP Austria sent me one of their multipurpose-flagships for testing purposes. Since five days the one they call 8500 thrones amidst my other hardware, ever-obiently serving scans and various kinds of prints. Whatever Deskjet-printer feature you’ve ever read about, this huge box packs all the heat: automatic duplex prints, a touch screen display, LAN- and WLAN-integration and much more. HP says it’s a real ink-saver, too, but since the headquarters of datadirt media group have become a paperless office long ago, I lack comparison. Read the rest of this entry »

About two weeks ago I started a blog carnival on the Best and worst gadget of 2008. Since a couple of bloggers didn’t yet have time to finish their entries, I’m extending the deadline: the carnival now ends on the 31st of January. So if you want to come aboard, you can enter your posting until next Saturday. Obviously, not everything that glitters is gold – or even silver. But let’s face it: the web 2.0 revolution has turned us all into beta-testers. But geeks usually love do-it-yourself attitudes anyways Read the rest of this entry »

Luckily, I’m a member of the selected few bloggers who got one of the first T-Mobile G1 phones here Austria. While the device is already available in Great Britain and the UK, the market launch in Austria will take place in 2009, but there’s no specific date yet. During the next weeks I’ll blog about my experiences with this new geek toy – for starters, here’s an unboxing-video: Read the rest of this entry »

A new year has just started and I’m happy to invite all my readers to datadirt’s first blog carnival: I’m curious about the new hardware you bought during the last year. Which shiny piece of technology is your favorite gadget, and which not-so-shiny one disappointed you? Feed the inner geek, write about satisfaction and disappointment. I’m sure that most of my readers experienced both scenarios, so let’s just share them and spread the knowledge Read the rest of this entry »

This one ain’t exactly cheap, but it will definitely impress any visitor, from casual mobile-user to alpha-geek: Microsoft built the “Surface” Hardware, an innovative touchscreen (which actually isn’t a touchscreen but uses five cameras to track visual input) that allows for a unique user interface experience. But hardware is pretty boring with proper applications, and that’s what this video is all about:

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