Current Devices
Handlink
It’s a phone, it’s a PDA, it’s a camera, it’s a mobile email checker and web surfer. This little device is a whole bunch of things, and it really helps keep me in-touch and well organized. It includes a usable front-facing slide-out keyboard, 3G wireless access (in areas where it’s available), GPS navigation, and more. It can handle pretty much anything I throw at it.
- Model: Motorola Droid 2 Global.
- Processor: Texas Instruments OMAP 3640 1.2ghz (ARMv7).
- Memory: 512mb (RAM), 8gb (on-board storage), 8gb (SD-media card).
- Operating System: Google Android 2.3.
- Display: Built-in 3.7″ capacitive touch LCD at 480×854 resolution.
- Carrier: Verizon CDMA.
Selina 2
My first tablet is named Selina 2, because it ostensibly replaces the Cr-48 Chrome OS notebook I used to have named Selina. Running the Android operating system from Google, this is a great device for consuming video and web sites, reading, sending emails, and so-on from the comfort of my couch.
- Model: Motorola Xoom MZ505.
- Processor: Nvidia Tegra 2 1ghz (dual-core) (ARMv7).
- Memory: 1gb (RAM), 16gb (on-board storage).
- Operating System: Google Android 3.1.
- Display: Built-in 10.1″ capacitive touch LCD at 1280×720 resolution.
ScottPod 2
This iPod Classic (a.k.a. 6th-generation iPod) stores my entire music collection in my pocket and still has room left over for my monthly system backup. It replaced my venerable 3rd-generation 20gb iPod from 2004 that served me well, but wasn’t fully compatible with my newer car kit and was finally overrun by my growing music collection.
- Model: Apple iPod Classic (aka, 6G iPod).
- Processor: Samsung ARM.
- Memory: 80gb (hard disk).
- Operating System: iPod Classic software 1.1.
- Display: Built-in 2.5″ LCD (LED-backlit) at 320×240 resolution.
Mycroft Holmes 2
Named for either Sherlock Holmes’s brother or the sentient computer from Robert A. Heinlein’s The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Mycroft Holmes 2 is my second e-reader—replacing the original Mycroft Holmes (Kindle 2) that died in an unfortunate fall. It has capacity for over 3,000 books and a battery life that lasts for days at a time. The e-ink display is perfect for reading, and feels much closer to paper than to a computer display.
- Model: Amazon Kindle 3.
- Processor: Freescale ARM 512mhz (ARMv6).
- Memory: 4gb (on-board storage).
- Operating System: Kindle 3.2 (custom Linux OS).
- Display: Built-in 6″ gray-scale e-paper at 600×800 resolution.
Device History
Smartphones
- Katrina 2 (Palm Pre Plus, Web OS 1.4, Verizon CDMA).
- Katrina (RIM BlackBerry ‘Bold’ 9000, BlackBerry OS 4.6, AT&T GSM).
- Katy 3 (AT&T 8525 [HTC TyTN HERM100], Windows Mobile 6, AT&T GSM).
- Katy 2 (Palm Treo 650, Palm OS 5.4 ‘Garnet’, Cingular GSM).
PDAs
- Katy (Handspring Visor Pro, Palm OS 3.5).
- Compaq Aero 1550 (Pocket PC 2000).
Dumbphones
- ScottPhone 2004 (Motorola C343, Verizon CDMA).
- ScottPhone 2002 (Motorola V120c, Verizon CDMA).
- ScottPhone (Audiovox CDM135, Verizon CDMA).
- LG LGC-330W (Bell Atlantic CDMA).
- Nokia 6162 (SunCom TDMA).
E-Readers
- Mycroft Holmes (Amazon Kindle 2).
Music Players
- ScottPod (Apple iPod 3G, iPod Software 2.3).
