I have a few requirements when picking an MP3 player, and they pretty simple requirements.
1) That the mp3 player appears as a hard drive and I can drag and drop files into it.
2) I dont need any software to communicate with the mp3 player.
So that pretty much knocks out all of Apple’s MP3 products! I really dont like being forced to use any type of software! It makes me feel annoyed with it! But no mp3 players operated as well as the Apple’s and had large memory, well except now.
This is an amazing looking mp3 player with a nice design that appears as an HD and has 8 GB of memory! With 20 hours of play back. And the price is pretty reasonable $250.00 for this much memory and a sleek player.
I know some people who have gone through this, and Im the one who is always preaching about back-up and it has happened to me. One of the Hard Drives on my computer has failed! Western Digital Hard Drive Failure! Its a four year old hard drive which had all the latest videos, music, pics, and personel stuff.
The problem that I had is that the HD failed the day I was flying to the states so I couldnt even have access to my anime that I have stored up. But what is driving me nuts is that all the pictures of my Nephew are stored on this Hard Drive, and Im going to do everything possible to fix it. The guys in Hawally didnt open the HD because he said it sounds like a Head Crash and they dont have the tools to fix it, which I appreciate him telling me. So now I have to send it to drive specialists to deal with this mechanical failure. And from what I read you have to be very careful with it, and the faster you deal with it the better the chances of retrieving the data. Even though I was gone for two weeks the HD wasnt moved, so Im going to send it to DriveSavers to see if they can get things back for me since they had good customer feedback. I have to have my nephews pics back!
The funny part is that I ordered an Infrant ReadyNAS NV two weeks before, but it seems it didnt arrive soon enough. Its just my luck but Im hoping for the best, and I hope people back up most of their data. I will setup the Infrant NV and post pics about it later, and I will keep you updated about what DriveSavers say they can do. I have most of my stuff backed up, its just the items from the last 6 months that I didnt back-up, but now Im going to back up on a monthly basis so it wont happen ever again! (I hope)
Pros:
- Color and black & white print outs are pretty clearly
- Has broken down once.
- Easily networkable, no problems on that end
- Fax works well as well
- Its relatively cheap 55 KD
- I only had to replace the ink once after 6 months of usage
- A good all in one
- Small in Size
Cons:
- No media slots
- Printing a bit slow
- Scanner is of ok quality
- Ink Cartridges arent cheap.
Overall:
It does the job as an all-in-one, and it hasnt malfunctioned once. Im really happy with it, and the perfect thing about it is its compact size. It replaced our old crappy fax, as well as became the house printer. It prints images well enough on paper, but this printer is not meant to be a media printer. I dont think it would do well for those who want to print pictures. Its the best bang for your buck printer. The one that is replacing it, and its getting good reviews it the HP 6310, since this one is operating fine then there is no need to upgrade. But if your in the market then I would recommend the HP 6310 (98 KD).
Rating: 
Pros:
- Picture across screen of contacts
- Quick Start Up
- Fast Performance, Little or no lag.
- 2.0 Megapixel Camera
- Large font for texts, numbers on screen.
- Front, and rear camera for Video Calling (tried it once)
- Good Bluetooth Connection
- Very Light
- Very Easy to Use
- Bright Screen, and great screen
- Shows you the number text msgs recieved and sent (I find this useful)
- 3G/ EDGE capable
- Good keyboard
- Good pictures and Video
- Price
Cons:
- Short Battery Life (1 Day with medium usage)
- Sliding Mechanism a bit cheaply built
- The World Clock is very complicated
- The Speaker isnt as loud as I expected
- Sometimes it restarts on its own, not often. Just like once every week or two.
- Slightly weak signal
Who its for:
I think its for people who want a very light phone, and like to take some pictures while they are moving around. The screen is very bright, and it turns smilys into images which is different from most phone. It has basic functionality, and more multimedia oriented, but Im surprised the speaker is weak. I think people who like sliding phones and want something reasonable priced which takes decent pictures then this is your choice. I would also take the Sony Ericcson K610i into consideration.
Rating: 
To say that I was shocked of the price difference between Kuwait and Dubai is a real understatment! I didnt think they marked up the prices this much in Kuwait, even for phones they have had for a while. Some details are on this post from the Phone Prices Kuwait.
Nokia N73
Price: 2299 AED (with 1 Gig mem) = 181 KD
Price in Kuwait (without 1 Gig mem): 270 KD (last week), now 210 KD (now)
Nokia N80
Price: 1950 AED = 154 KD
Price in Kuwait: 165 KD
Sony Ericsson K800i
Price: 1510 AED = 118 KD
Price in Kuwait: 165 KD
Sony Ericsson K610i
Price: 995 AED = 79 KD
Price in Kuwait: 115 KD
LG KG800 Chocolate
Price: 1349 AED = 107 KD
Price in Kuwait: 150 KD
Jabra JX-10
Price: 399 AED = 32 KD
Price in Kuwait: 45 KD
Phone Rankings:
- K800i / N73
- K610i
- N80
- KG 800
Everyone loves extra storage, and more storage! You can never have enough storage! You are always bound to run out of storage! Enough about storage let us go to the device!
This is the Seagate Portable HD, and I have the 160 GB version. Have you ever been over at friend’s place, and wanted to transfer movies, a lot of pictures, or mp3s and it would take too long to burn to DVD. And most other external HDs are just too bulky and some require software to be installed. This is your perfect solution!
Pros:
- Large amount of space
- Very fast USB 2.0 transfer (480 Mbps)
- Very compact case
- No power cord neccesary, powered through the USB.
- No software neccesary, completely plug-n-play.
- Works on Windows and Macs
- Very Durable Case, and internal structure.
- Not heavy at all
- Software available for back-up use (Never tried it)
Cons:
- A bit pricey, and not available everywhere.
Price: $250.00
Where to Buy: Provantage
Link: Seagate
Rating: 
I know a lot of people use KVMs and basically they all do the main job of transfering between multiple computers all on to one screen,keyboard, and mouse. But I needed something with higher quality build and for heavy duty use.
Pros:
- Quality of video is very high.
- Up to Four Computers
- DVI input and output
- USB connection not Keyboard and Mouse to the computer(I like this)
- You can switch sound from one computer and screen output from another. You can listen to sound from one computer and work on another computer.
- The Items connected by USB to the KVM will switch to the computer active on the screen.
- It comes with 4 KVM cables so you dont need to buy anything extra unlike other KVMs.
- I think it looks extremely smooth, and its very solid.
Cons:
- You have to be on the computer you want when you boot it up or it will go to the basic visual setting (800×600)
- It is known to have some problems currently with computers with nVidia motherboards.
Connected:
- Dell UltraSharp 2005FPW
- Alienware Small Case Computer
- Large Main Desktop
- Sometimes Laptop with DVI adaptor
- Logitech Speakers 2.1
- Logitech USB MX518 Mouse
- Logitech Wireless Keyboard
Overall: The audio connections are analog and not optical. Some people might see this as a negative but how many consumer KVMs come with optical audio? There is a connection for the audio out and the microphone! So you can switch between computers easily. I think this KVM does the job very well, and there are a lot of different keyboard-short cuts to switch different things between computers which makes it very flexible. Not just normally switching, so you have other options. I have bought other KVMs before, and none of them have included all the cabling with them before. I have given this product 4 out of 5 which is very good, but its because the problem with the mother board and its a little expensive, but other then that its a fantastic product. And it is also known to be apple friendly.
Price: MSRP $359.00 – Amazon $264.00
Link: IOGEAR
Rating:
This is the perfect gadget for those who travel a lot! It powers up any piece of electronic you have. They have really don an amazing job trying to get as many adapters as possible to work with their product. So you could charge your iPod, laptop, camera, phone, and even portable dvd player! Another gadget to add to my list! Even if you do have to buy the different types of adapters! There are so many!
Look at the list of adapters! List
Link: Engadget
Link: myPowerALL
This is the new External HD from Maxtor which has a Gigabit Connection. A 500 GB 7200Rpm HD with a very clean AJAX (Google looking) Interface! It makes things really easy and makes streaming simple. Its more of a multimedia type Network Area Storage then a back storage on the network. But the one thing I worry about enclosure for Network Area Storages is if the hard drive fails! But it still looks sweet!!
I still think the Infrant NV is the way to go!
Link: Engadget
This list never ends! Seriously! I was just thinking of all the things I want to get later on when I save up enough cash. Which will disappear into this list. And my list of gadgets never end, but at least it keeps me entertained!
1) Dell 2407WFP
It looks like such a cool screen, and the one before it was rated so high (2405FPW). And I have a Dell 20.1 Widescreen which is so freaking clear and good, but for some reason I just want the bigger one! dont ask me why! I just do!
Link: Cnet
2) Infrant NV 1.6TB
I have been looking for the best solution for a Network Area Storage that is very reliable and very useful at the same time. At first I was looking at the Buffalo 1TB Terastation, but then I read about all the problems people were having with it and it wasnt as simple as it was stated. And then I was thinking about getting the Maxtor OneTouch III 1TB, and I waited for reviews on this one as well. I was looking forward to it, because their NAS’s and external Hard Drives did so well. So I thought that the company would also have another successful product. But I was wrong, and some people are having difficulty with it. So after looking through multiple reviews and seeing my options I found the Infrant NV to be an amazing products with almost Zero drawbacks and everyone saying how happy they are with the product. Especially since the hard drives are all hot-swappable, and its a very simple system to setup and you dont need a computer to access it if you want to stream things from it. And one major thing that I found to be great is that it has a Gigabit connection unlike all the other Consumer grade NASs for some reason they think that we dont want Gigabit speed for out network! So now I am very happy to find that this product does the job. But now the price is always up there for a good product! And I found it at other places cheaper then amazon by about $200, but I still have to wait and save!
Link: TomsNetworking
Link: Infrant
Link: Amazon
These are the two major products that I have been looking at for the past couple of weeks, and I have been thinking about them for a while! So many gadgets and so little time!