Operation Gadget

Month: April 2004

  • Runner Art Project Launched by Phillip Torreone

    Reading Time: < 1 minutePhillip Torreone of /run fame told us that he is beginning a “Runner Art” project. He is doing a series of 10 mile runs in different cities, collecting data with his Garmin Forerunner 201, and producing map satellite map overlays using an application called USAPhotoMaps. Phillip has already done the runs…

  • Om Malik: Only Way to Profits is to Have Cool Phones

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteOm Malik believes that mobile phone handset manufacturers that make cool phones are going to be most profitable over time. The evidence he cites is Sony Ericsson’s year-over-year profit increase. Handset manufacturers with the greatest recent sales increases are Sony Ericsson and Samsung. They are apparently taking share away from Nokia,…

  • AT&T Wireless Self-Destruction Largely Blamed On IT Strategy

    Reading Time: 2 minutesCIO Magazine published an outstanding article called AT&T Wireless Self-Destructs. The article blames much of the recent bloodletting at AT&T Wireless on a streak of strategic Information Technology policy mistakes. It points to the botched upgrade of AT&T Wireless’ Siebel customer relationship management system as the major reason that customers ended up…

  • April 12 – 18, 2004 Weekly Summary

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is the Operation Gadget weekly summary for the third week of April 2004. I’m experimenting with a weekly summary so that readers who want to receive a periodic email with Operation Gadget headlines can receive the links to all of the articles published each week. I will post a mechanism…

  • Why Camera Phones Are Cannibalizing the Digital Camera Market

    Reading Time: 2 minutesInfoSync World reported on a new Datacomm Research report that predicts that a new generation of mobile phones with advanced features is pushing older models further downmarket. The features that the report cites as being most sought-after are integrated cameras and push-to-talk, although voice call quality remains paramount. One aspect of the…

  • Run Away from the Motorola MPx200 on AT&T Wireless

    Reading Time: 2 minutesI feel like laughing at the fact that people are still talking about the Motorola MPx200 as a viable option for people choosing a smart phone at the moment. The only mobile phone carrier that I can find offering the phone in the USA at the moment is AT&T Wireless. The MPx200…

  • iPod mini Favorably Reviewed by Brighthand

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe iPod mini got reviewed by Brighthand today, and Steven Bush seemed to like it a lot. He characterizes the iPod mini as the best portable music solution since the introduction of the Sony Walkman 25 years ago. That’s pretty much a rave. He puts the improvements over the iPod into…

  • What’s on Brad Choate’s Powerbook G4

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteBrad Choate is considered a Movable Type guru. (That’s the weblogging tool that tons of sites use, including Operation Gadget.) He published a list of software that he has installed on his Macintosh since he switched to a 15-inch Powerbook G4 back in October. I’m always interested in the programs that…

  • Tek Panel 300 is the Computer Used in “The Suite” on “The Apprentice” TV Series

    Reading Time: 2 minutesMy wife and I have been regular viewers of The Apprentice TV series since we heard about it, three weeks into its run. During that period, we noticed that the set designers had attached a very large flat panel display to the PC that the cast members use in the suite where…