Current Devices
Telesto
Manufactured by LG under the auspices of Google’s Nexus program, Telesto is a phone, a PDA, a camera, a mobile email checker, and web surfer all in one. This little device helps keep me in-touch and well-organized. It can handle pretty much anything I throw at it, and since it’s a Nexus it actually gets its Android OS updates within a reasonable amount of time.
- Model: Google/LG Nexus 4.
- Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro, 1.5ghz (quad-core) (ARMv7).
- Memory: 2gb (RAM), 16gb (on-board storage).
- Operating System: Google Android 4.2 (rooted).
- Display: Built-in 4.7″ capacitive IPS LCD at 768×1280 resolution.
- Carrier: Straight Talk GSM (AT&T network MVNO).
- Name Meaning: Reference to a small moon of Saturn that was discovered in 1980 and is in a co-orbital relationship with a much larger moon called Tethys. As of this writing, it is the fifteenth of the sixty-one known moons of Saturn. It takes its name from a sea goddess in Greek mythology who personifies divine blessing or success.
Callisto
Manufactured by Asus under the auspices of Google’s Nexus program, Callisto is a small 7″ tablet that runs the Android operating system. It is a great device for consuming video and web sites, reading, sending emails, and whatever else comes to mind at any given time.
- Model: Google/Asus Nexus 7.
- Processor: Nvidia Tegra 3, 1.2ghz (quad-core) (ARMv7).
- Memory: 1gb (RAM), 16gb (on-board storage).
- Operating System: Google Android 4.2 (rooted).
- Display: Built-in 7″ capacitive IPS LCD at 1280×800 resolution.
- Name Meaning: Reference to one of Jupiter’s largest moons. Callisto is the third largest moon in the solar system, and was discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610. It takes its name from a nymph in Greek mythology who was a lover of Zeus.
Mycroft Holmes 2
Mycroft Holmes 2 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 more like paper than a normal computer display.
- Model: Amazon Kindle 3.
- Processor: Freescale ARM 512mhz (ARMv6).
- Memory: 4gb (on-board storage).
- Operating System: Kindle 3.4 (custom Linux OS).
- Display: Built-in 6″ gray-scale e-paper at 600×800 resolution.
- Name Meaning: Dual reference to Sherlock Holmes’s older brother in the Arthur Conan Doyle stories, or to the sentient computer in The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein.
Shutterbugger
After many years on Canon ‘prosumer’ cameras, I finally made the leap to a full-fledged digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) camera—the entry-level Nikon D3100. This allows me to take relatively professional photos, at least as far as my limited talent will allow, and even help out with Melissa’s photo shoots as a backup now and again.
- Model: Nikon D3100.
- Type: Digital Single-Lens Reflex.
- Resolution: 14.1 megapixels.
- Memory: 8GB (SDHC card).
- Display: Built-in 3″ LCD.
- Lenses: AF-S DX Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR.
- Name Meaning: Doesn’t really mean anything.
Device History
Smartphones
- Aegir (Google/Samsung Nexus S, Android 4.2, Straight Talk GSM [AT&T network MVNO]).
- Handlink (Motorola Droid 2 Global, Android 2.3, Verizon CDMA).
- 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).
Tablets
- Selina 2 (Motorola Xoom MZ505, Android 3.1).
E-Readers
- Mycroft Holmes (Amazon Kindle 2).
Digital Cameras
Music Players
- ScottPod 2 (Apple iPod Classic [6G], iPod Classic Software 1.1).
- ScottPod (Apple iPod 3G, iPod Software 2.3).
