I wanted to add a second line to my cellular account, using Cingular’s “Nation 1400 FamilyTalk w/ Rollover” plan. Naturally I had to get a second phone, so I ordered one from them. My existing phone is a Palm Treo 650 quad-band GSM phone, which is fully compatible with the Cingular GSM network. [...]

I wanted two extra AC adapters for an HP Pavilion dv5210us laptop computer. HP and all the usual places wanted around $70-80. But a Google search for the part number turned up GetPartsOnline.com, which has genuine HP adapters in stock for about $32. The original adapter was a 65W, and the one [...]

Last December I bought an Epson Stylus Photo R300 inkjet printer, because it was on sale for under $80, and it can print directly onto printable CDs and DVDs. I didn’t actually get around to using it for that until just now. It works great!

Two years ago I bought a Soleus MAC-12K 12,000 BTU/hr portable air conditioner. It also had an electric heating element. The first year it worked fine. This past winter the heater wouldn’t work; perhaps the heating element burned out, or a connection failed. I didn’t care too much because I have [...]

I needed some HP number 10 ink cartridges and printheads for an HP 2500C wide-carriage inkjet printer. Google turned up a number of sites offering good pricing. CostCentral had very nearly the best prices, and their web site confirmed that they had all the part numbers I needed in stock, while some sites [...]