The ‘Keyboard organizer’: lame name, great product

Great product, at least on the web page.  I seriously can’t be the only one who has lost important papers under a keyboard, or pushed crap off my desk on accident via scooting the keyboard around.

This is such a simple, wonderful idea, I’d get it if I could afford to drop $50 on it, and if I were willing to part with my DiNovo set now (which I’m not, grr!!! DiNovo or bust!!).

My only question:  are there mac drivers for the extra buttons/will there be a mac version?

http://www.keyboardorganizer.com/ (it looks like the product page was made by a 12 year old who stole Flash off limewire, but the keyboards look great!)

Sony MDREX71: avoid

The ‘user review’ sections of websites can sometimes be the most useful feature of places such as amazon.com or any other retailer websites.  However, given the incident of technology-challenged users, or those who just don’t bother to do their research easily throw off the stats.

On the other hand, when you see a review that has the same complaint over and over again, or even the same multiple complaints there is definitely something there.

When I first got the 71s I was completely in love.  I’m not that picky when it comes to sound but I wanted something better than stock headphones, so these were about perfect for me.  I know there are better, but I was quite happy with them.  After a few months of use I and my SO (who had a pair as well) noticed a very odd tendency for the chord to seemingly ‘melt’ off when exposed to skin oil or split open with light pressure.

Being as I don’t particularly sweat (if you know me you know what I mean) mine lasted a bit longer than his.  At the end through, both were covered in electrical tape to protect the exposed wires.

One other thing about me: I can put up with a lot of stuff, so the electrical tape wasn’t much of a problem for me.  Now, the reason I’m writing this is because of the other flaw that is consistent within the design.  One of my coworkers had a pair and the left ear bud died.  Guess what died on mine?  Yup, left ear bud.  A customer came in the other day looking for a replacement for his 71s, and just going out on a limb I asked him about how they died:  left ear bud as well.

So far of the 4 people I’ve known to have these headphones, 3 of them have broken in the same area.

Sony sony sony…what have you been doing with yourself that has caused you to drop the ball on every single product you make?

Pros:  great midrange sound, deep bass, comfortable fit, long chord.
Cons:  meltie!

iRiver T10 2GB avail in US now

iRiver, an interesting DAP maker, has released a higher capacity version of their ho-hum T10 player.

This player is interesting, containing that which you would expect of an iRiver: recording, radio, battery, gigantic size, etc.  Anything new?  Na, just that it’s 2GB now.  They’re finally stepping up to the plate to join the other flash players (Creative, where are you boys?  still sucking?  ok, reasonable enough)

I don’t specifically hate this player, but I’ve never quite been impressed by the flash iRiver players.  The battery cases are behind the screens thus making them into triangular beasts that you never seen in the pictures or product boxes, and in this specific case, the color screen sucks and is no where near as clear as in that picture.

The one thing this does have going is the price point.  A MSRP of $150 means you can probobly score it for $130-$150.  Honestly, not too shabby.

However, iRiver, please lower the prices of the U10 series so people can consider buying them!  Every person that sees them falls in love immediately, but the price point is way too high in comparison to the others… Please, iRiver, think of the puppies.

Google answer session

Another lovely google search that turned out linking to me…

Search: “how to turn the v3c into a mp3 player”

Answer: You don’t, you just buy one and move on.

That is all.