Month: April 2004
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Ordered My Garmin Forerunner 201 from Amazon.com
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI decided to order a Garmin Forerunner 201 for use in my spring running and cycling. Before I bought it, I checked out the price at various on-line stores. I also visited the Eastern Mountain Sports store at Princeton MarketFair on U.S. 1. I found that Amazon.com has a terrific price…
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HD TiVo for DirecTV Now Shipping
Reading Time: < 1 minutePVRblog reports that Hughes has begun shipping an HDTV-compatible TiVo DVR for use with DirecTV. The retail price is about $1,000 at the resellers that have listed it on their sites already. In the article, Matt Haughey said, “Yesterday I heard that BestBuy put their first shipment of 200 units up…
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Research Note on Sierra Wireless Suggests palmOne’s Plans for Treo 610
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOperation Gadget has been very hesitant to discuss the Treo 610, an unannounced addition to palmOne’s line of smartphones. But, we have looked for verifyable reports that the Treo 610 exists, and we may have found one in a report from Dow Jones Newswires. In an article called Sierra {Down} On…
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Mobile Phone Carrier Data Plan Price Drops Confirmed by Wi-Fi Networking News
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWi-Fi Networking News reports that Verizon Wireless, AT&T Wireless, and Cingular are lowering wireless data prices to compete with Sprint PCS and T-Mobile, who have staked out the value-oriented end of the market. This is a quiet revolution, none of the price cutters are advertising their changes on TV or radio.…
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Using the Forerunner 201 to Produce Breadcrumb Trails on Satellite Photos
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn his second column for Engadget, Phillip Torreone has produced comprehensive instructions on how to translate exercise data captured by a Garmin Forerunner 201 into overlays for satellite photos. This article is really an elaboration on what he told me when he announced the Runner Art Project. But, he’s put together…
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Survey Says 1,000 Songs is Enough for Portable Audio Player
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’m on record saying that the iPod mini would be a hit, so I want to make sure that Operation Gadget readers see the results of a Jupiter Research survey that indicates that 77 percent of the people surveyed think that 1,000 songs is plenty of capacity for portable audio player.…
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AT&T Wireless Offers Unlimited Wireless Data for PDAs at $45 Per Month
Reading Time: 2 minutesMobile Gadget News reports that AT&T Wireless is offering a wireless data billing plan called the Unlimited PDA Plan. This plan provides unlimited nationwide mobile data service for $44.99 per month when the customer subscribes to a “qualifying voice plan”. If you are not part of such a plan, the monthly charge…
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palmOne Uses Zire Line to Attract Entry-level PDA Users
Reading Time: 2 minutesBrighthand reports that palmOne sold three million Zire PDAs in less than 18 months. Many articles I’ve read say that this is a confirmation of the sub-branding strategy that was executed well before Palm acquired Handspring. I want to go back to an article written in 2002 about the original Palm Zire…
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IDT to Rollout WiFi-based Mobile Phone Service in Newark
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDaily Wireless reports that IDT is planning to rollout an innovative wireless telephone service using a network of WiFi hotspots. Initially, they are planning to cover a two square mile area of Newark, NJ with a single WiFi network. The area they have chosen is the Ironbound neighborhood, a thriving community…