Epinions Recent Reviews for mookiekong

iPhone: Voice and Data Heaven with Some Flaws

Wed, 26 Dec 2007 19:26:17 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mookiekong - When Steve Jobs took to the stage and introduced the iPhone, I blew it off. I figured the iPhone with its ridiculously high price tags ($599 for the 8GB version and $599 for the 4GB version) was going going to be the next PowerMac G4 Cube or the...

Strong Linux Compatible Wifi Card

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 00:50:26 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mookiekong - Intel Pro Wireless 3945abg Card I picked up a new notebook the other week and it had a built-in wireless card. The card was based on a Ralink chipset, which has some support for Linux. I had no plans of running the Windows Vista Basic that was...

Decent Watch Bordering Knock-Off

Sat, 11 Feb 2006 16:38:50 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author mookiekong - I was looking around at automatic watches, but did not want to spend a lot of money on one to try out. I ended up getting the Invicta 2248. What do I think about it? Packaging The 2248 arrived in a very nice bright yellow box. It opened...

Great Timing: Low prices, free shipping, and awesome customer service!

Thu, 1 Dec 2005 02:33:29 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mookiekong - I was looking for a hard to find Casio G-Shock watch. I found a couple of places that sold it, but Great Timing had the lowest price -- and free shipping on all orders. I ordered the watch and it was shipped the same day! That is something that I am...

Treo 600: Decent Smartphone with Serious Some System Problems

Mon, 7 Nov 2005 00:23:58 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author mookiekong - I have always been a Palm OS user (started with the 128kb Palm). I love the OS and think that it is still a viable OS for handhelds – especially when compared with WinCE (aka PocketPC or Windows Mobile or whatever Microsoft is calling it these...

Geko 201: The Sweet Spot of Low-End GPS Receivers

Tue, 29 Mar 2005 21:17:46 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mookiekong - I hardly go outdoors (in the wilderness I mean). I don’t go camping. And I haven’t gone fishing since I was 10. So, why would a guy like me get a GPS unit? I do a lot of traveling for work and find it really cool to mark off places where I have been...

Sony PSP: Redefining Mobile Gaming

Sun, 27 Mar 2005 04:42:38 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mookiekong - I have been mobile gaming since the original Gameboy Advance. Yes, that’s not a long time ago, but it gives you a history on my mobile gaming. I “upgraded” to the Gameboy Advance SP when it came out, but it really wasn’t much of a...

Sidekick II: I can't live without my trusty Sidekick (II)!

Fri, 21 Jan 2005 02:17:20 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mookiekong - Update: 7/7/2005 I sold my Sidekick II a month ago and have now replaced it with a Treo 600. I stand by the review that the Sidekick II device is a great device and a hell of a convergence device. But, the company Danger has no clue to...

Suunto n3: Great watch, decent service, geeks sign up

Sun, 12 Dec 2004 02:55:29 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mookiekong - I am a watch fanatic, hands down (no pun intended). Ever since middle-school or so, I have wanted all sorts of different watches -- and I still have a collection. During high school, I was into the whole Swatch fad. In college I was into the G-Shock...

iPod 40GB: More iPod Than You Can Shake A Stick At

Sun, 14 Nov 2004 16:29:08 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mookiekong - I was not planning on buying a 4G iPod, but I got one. I had the original fi
rst
generation 5GB iPod when it launched and loved the thing, except for the fact that I could not build playlists while I was on the road. I...

Nokia N-Gage QD: Great Smartphone, Weak Game Unit

Mon, 30 Aug 2004 02:05:07 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author mookiekong - Note: I posted this review accidentally in the Original N-Gage section, so I deleted it from that section and moved it here. If you rated the old deleted one, please rate this one because the old one is gone. I wanted the review to be in the...

Zen Xtra 30GB: You get what you pay for.

Thu, 22 Apr 2004 00:05:48 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author mookiekong - I have some experience with hard-drive based MP3 players. I started out with the Ar
chos
5GB unit, then when the fabulous generation one iP
od
5GB came out I got that. After the iPod,...

Bally's: Nothing Spectacular, Just A Good Location

Wed, 7 Apr 2004 00:33:52 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author mookiekong - I recently went out to Las Vegas for a convention -- to do some booth-bunnying. My company put us all up in Bally's. This is my fourth time out in Vegas and I have stayed in four different hotels. Bally's ranks third for places to stay, this...

Sony Ericsson T610: Sony Ericsson T610: A Geek's Perfect Phone

Sat, 6 Mar 2004 21:52:23 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mookiekong - I always wanted a Sony Ericsson T68i. That was, and still is a cool phone. The phone had Bluetooth, a color screen, and IR – still ingredients for a phone today that stand out. It was a geek’s drool toy. But, I came on the GSM phone scene a...

Free Speak: First Gen and It Shows

Wed, 31 Dec 2003 15:23:07 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author mookiekong - I have had this fascination with bluetooth headsets for a while now. My friend John got a Nokia 3650 and a Nokia bluetooth headset and he raves about it all the time. I just had to try one out. Wired hands free headsets are nice and cheap, but they...

Cross Ion: Great pen with some oversights

Mon, 29 Dec 2003 02:00:27 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mookiekong - Until I got my F
isher
Space Pen, the Cross Ion was my running favourite as a writing instrument. I am glad to see that Cross has come back with such an innovative and eye catching design for a pen. It is the...

Fisher Space Pen Bullet Pen with Clip: Fisher Space Pen: A Writers Pen

Mon, 29 Dec 2003 01:18:58 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mookiekong - I received the Fisher Space Pen (www.spacepen.com) as a Christmas gift from my fiancee and have been using it extensively since. I bought myself a Moleskine (www.moleskine.com) a month ago, but did not start writing in it. All I did was write my name...

Napster Online Service: Why go with a knock off when you can have iTunes?

Tue, 23 Dec 2003 23:54:24 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author mookiekong - Napster 2.0 came out just shortly after iTunes came out for Windows. I have been an iTunes user for awhile now, I used it on my iBook and then started using it on my Windows box. So, I was curious to see what the sequel to Napster would be. The...

TracFone Online Service: Good service, but expensive, good coverage

Tue, 23 Dec 2003 02:43:51 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author mookiekong - My parents had old phones from an old plan a long time ago. They had signed up for a family plan with the old PacBell Cellular a few years ago. The cellular company had already been acquired by SBC at the time that they considered renewing their phone...

ArcMedia OpenOffice 1.0.1 (Windows) (GAR451): OpenOffice.org 1.1.0: Why Pay $300 for Microsoft Office?

Mon, 22 Dec 2003 21:06:20 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mookiekong - What's worse than Microsoft's $300 plus price tag on their Office suite? The way they treat all their customers like criminals and have them “activate” their software. Let me suggest something to Microsoft: Don't price your software so...

General Reviews of Sprint Customer Service: Sprint PCS: Who Smells The Stink?

Mon, 20 Oct 2003 01:36:24 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author mookiekong - One never knows if the grass is greener on the other side of the hill until they actually roam over there and take a gander. I have not used my Sprint PCS phone in a little over a year now, but it has been active with my fiancee who was using it. I am c...

Nokia 6610: A Worthy Upgrade and A Great Phone

Mon, 29 Sep 2003 21:35:52 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mookiekong - The Nokia 6610 is one of those phones that strikes a good balance between all extremes. Its screen is not as bright as my A
udiovox
CDM-9500 because it is not active matrix, it is a passive matrix screen. Yet, the scre...

Citizen Citizen® Men's Skyhawk Watch 051-3475FA: Light and Very Functional Watch

Sat, 6 Sep 2003 03:20:16 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mookiekong - Citizen Skyhawk Titanium I picked up my Titanium Skyhawk last summer because I wanted a fancier watch. But, since I was traveling so much, I had one big requirement for a new watch: Multiple time zones and being able to see two time zones at once...

Audiovox CDM-9500: Short on Talk and Features

Sun, 31 Aug 2003 15:53:39 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author mookiekong - The Audiovox CDM-9500 (known as 9500 throughout the rest of the review) is an OK phone. It has noth...

If You Jog, This Is Your Music Player

Sun, 31 Aug 2003 13:23:54 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mookiekong - When it comes to hard drive based MP3 players I have my two favourites, the trusty and rugged Archos...