Comments on: College Student Gadget Guide – Top 5 Most Affordable Gadgets For Students

By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:18:41 +0000

birdboyee , thanks for the feedback. Sounds like your up to speed on your gadgets!

NCN, agreed, the goal isn’t to go spend a lot of money on gadgets but if someone’s in the market for a new gadget, these should offer good value for your money.

Phil, good point on combining the phone, ipod, and camera; that’s definitely one way to go. Of course gadgets like the iPhone aren’t cheap and if you’re only in the market for a camera the Coolpix is a good choice.

By: Phil

Phil — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:37:21 +0000

Well i say ditch the Palm, camera and Ipod and get a cellphone that has all of those functions, you don’t the to use it as a cellphone, but you already have a gadget that does all three (well the camera is not going to be that good but hey, we are talking about saving some cash)
also, if you’re not in IT, get an eepc, but i would really recomend any of the dell brand, there are a lot of cheap options out there
and about printers… what college doesn’t have one that you can’t use? – save the cash

By: NCN

NCN — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:00:49 +0000

Cool stuff, indeed…
But, perhaps the money would be better spent on books…
Old fashioned, I know…
But so many college kids graduate with mountains of student loan debt…
Perhaps it’s because they buy cool gadgets instead of necessities?

I use a 400 dollar laptop, a 7 year old printer, a 6 year old
cell phone, a 9 year old camera, and a 4 year old mp3 player…

Not cool, but I get stuff done…

By: birdboyee

birdboyee — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:59:34 +0000

Nothing outbeats HP’s 7280 multifunction printer. Not only can you scan, print, fax on an autofeeder, but itsll print on both sides, did i mention its wireless as well? I like how easy you can print images directly by built in usb/card reader.

- As for camera, nikon is a good choice, I walked into bestbuy a couple days ago and saw another nikon camera that has ISO up to 3200 for under 180 bucks!!! Heres a quick guide in looking for camera: 1. Make sure ISO is higher than 1600, the higher the better! High ISO makes images non-blurry. 2. make sure Aperture is low, aperture is measured by fstop, the smaller the number, the more light is absorbed making night time pictures better. Mostly all Nikon camera coolpix have great ISO measurements. 3. Many people talk about how high their pixel camera is which are 90% of people who only use their cameras for 4×6 pictures. You CANNOT see a difference between a 4×6 picture taken at 3 megapixel or 10 megapixel, Now if you try to print that picture higher, yes, the 3megapixel shot will be blurry. My point is if your only printing 4×6 pictures, stick to taking shots at 3megapixel to save memory. If your looking to take larger picture shots, reconsider purchasing an SLR. I own a coolpix and NIKON D80, I can take close-to-professional, if not professional pictures with D80.

- Notebook PC: I saw at bestbuy a very neat PC called Asus Eee. It is awesomely small with a screen of 8.9, running on windows XP, 1gig ram and 16 gig of storage, built it webcam and mic. Not a huge storage but there’s always externals with over 250gig at under 100 bucks! Install open office and your in business! Old School teens waste their time burning CD’s, there is no CD on this unit, CD’s are slowly but surely becoming obsolete, get an IPOD as recommended above.

- Mobile: Palm Centro sounds cool, I prefer my blackjack II from samsung. I hear there coming out with a backjack III in late October of this year!!! I cant wait!! You can do so much with this phone the list is endless!

NOTICE: I DO NOT work for HP or hold HP stock. I DO NOT work for Asus or hold Asus stockI I DO NOT work for NIKON or hold NIKON stock!! I AM an IT professional, my comments are strictly personal and experience from working with thousands of electronics thrown my way.

By: Lazy Man and Money

Lazy Man and Money — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:16:18 +0000

My wife got a Palm Centro just last week. She looked at an Instinct (iPhone clone) in mind, but hated it. I have to say that I couldn’t use it without it’s keyboard either. It was simply cheaper and better.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:27:40 +0000

Nice gadget list and I agree with the Dell selection but there’s other Dell laptops that are even cheaper that offer just as much! A laptop is defintely a must for college.

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By: marci

marci — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:39:10 +0000

Thanks for the nice intro to the gadgets.
Now maybe I’ll know what the grandkids are talking about
Nice to see the $$ alternatives.