Current Devices
Calypso
Calypso 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.
- Model: Apple iPhone 14 Pro
- SOC: Apple A16 Bionic
- CPU:
- 3.64/2.02ghz (six-core) ARM64 v8.6A
- Geekbench 6 scores: 2,559 single, 6,697 multi
- GPU:
- Apple Proprietary
- Geekbench 6 Metal score: 22,610
- CPU:
- RAM: 6gb LPDDR5
- Storage: 128gb (on-board storage)
- Operating System: Apple iOS 17.3
- Display: 6.1″ LCD at 2,556×1,179 resolution
- Input Devices: Built-in touch screen
- Carrier: Verizon LTE and H2O LTE (AT&T MVNO) (dual-eSIM)
- Name Meaning: Reference to a moon of Saturn that was discovered in 1980. As of this writing, it is the sixteenth of the 146 known moons of Saturn. It takes its name from the nymph Calypso from Greek mythology, who was the daughter of Atlas who detained Odysseus for seven years.
Kalyke
Kalyke is a tablet that fills that spot between phone and laptop, especially for content consumption, limited content creation, and other “lightweight” computing tasks that are too intense for a smartphone but don’t require a ”full” computer.
- Model: Apple iPad Air (5th Generation)
- SOC: Apple M1
- CPU:
- 3.23/2.06ghz (eight-core) ARM64 v8.5A
- Geekbench 6 scores: 2,196 single, 8,034 multi
- GPU:
- Apple Proprietary
- Geekbench 6 Metal score: 32,195
- CPU:
- RAM: 8gb LPDDR4X
- Storage: 64gb (on-board storage)
- Operating System: Apple iPadOS 17.3
- Display: 10.9″ LCD at 2,360×1,640 resolution
- Input Devices:
- Built-in touch screen
- Apple Magic Keyboard keyboard and trackpad
- Name Meaning: Reference to a moon of Jupiter that was discovered in 2000. As of this writing, it is the twenty-third of the eighty known moons of Jupiter. It takes its name from Kalyke (or Calyce) from Greek mythology, a daughter of Aeolus and Enarete and the mother of Endymion.
Other Gizmos
- Entertainment:
- Amazon Echo (second gen.) and Echo Dot (second gen. 3x)
- Amazon Fire TV Cube (2019 model) and Fire TV Stick (2019 model)
- Samsung UN55RU800F 55″ UHD 4K television
- Samsung HW-R550 home theater soundbar
- Sony BDP-S3700 Blu-Ray player
- Readers and Subtablets:
- Adam Selene (Amazon Kindle Paperwhite sixth generation)
- Leda (Amazon Fire HD 8 eighth generation)
- Health, Science, and Analysis Equipment
- Actron CP9135 automotive OBD2 scanner
- BACtrack Element breathalyzer
- Casio fx-115ES Plus digital calculator
- Garmin GPSMAP 64st GPS navigator
- Globalsat BU-353S4 GPS interface
- GQ Electronics GMC-300E radiation detector (Geiger counter)
- Kill-a-Watt EZ power monitor
- Mastech MS2109A clamp meter
- Mastech MS8268 digital multimeter
- ReliOn BP100 blood pressure monitor
- Streetwise Handheld metal detector
- Tactix Openport 2.0 automotive OBD2 interface
- WeiShi MTG-1000 watch tester (mechanical)
- Wuxi Imhoo BT-3A watch tester (quartz analog)
- Radio Equipment:
- Baofeng BF-F9V2+ dual-band VHF/UHF handheld transceiver (4)
- Sangean ATS-505 shortwave receiver
- Sangean CL-100 weather radio
- Uniden BCD325P2 digital trunking scanner
- Uniden BCD436HP digital trunking scanner
- Uniden BC75XLT analog scanner
- Whistler WS1080 digital trunking scanner (2)
- Yaesu FT-7900R dual-band VHF/UHF mobile transceiver (2)
- Microcontroller:
Device History
Smartphones
- Rhea (Samsung Galaxy S20 FE, Android 13, Verizon LTE)
- Helene (Google Pixel 3, Android 11, Verizon LTE)
- Prometheus (LG Nexus 5X, Android 8.1, Straight Talk LTE [AT&T network MVNO])
- Atlas (HTC One M9 Dev. Edition, Android 6.0, Straight Talk LTE [AT&T network MVNO])
- Telesto (LG Nexus 4, Android 5.1, Straight Talk GSM [AT&T network MVNO])
- 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
- Elara (Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.9 2019)
- Kore (Amazon Fire 5th Generation)
- Callisto (Asus Nexus 7)
- Selina 2 (Motorola Xoom MZ505, Android 3.1)
Readers
- Mycroft Holmes 2 (Amazon Kindle 3)
- Mycroft Holmes (Amazon Kindle 2)
Smart Watches
- ScottWatch 4 (FitBit Versa Lite)
- ScottWatch 3 (Fitbit Blaze)
- ScottWatch 2 (Pebble Steel)
- ScottWatch (Pebble Smartwatch)
Fitness Trackers
- ScottTrack (Fitbit Inspire HR)
Music Players
- ScottPod 2 (Apple iPod Classic [6G], iPod Classic Software 1.1)
- ScottPod (Apple iPod 3G, iPod Software 2.3)