Operation Gadget

Month: November 2004

  • George H.W. Bush, BlackBerry User

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteTime Magazine published an article by Hugh Sidey called Savoring Victory, Family Style [ Time Magazine subscription required ]. It talks about George H.W. Bush’s involvement and impressions of his son George W. Bush’s re-election campaign. To me, one of the most interesting passages in this article was Sidey’s illustration of…

  • Halo 2 Ships, First Day Sales Estimated at $100 Million

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe San Diego Union Tribune reported that thousands of people lined up across the country to purchase Halo 2, the long-awaited new Xbox game from Microsoft’s Bungie Studios. Over 6,000 stores from coast-to-coast opened at midnight to sell Halo 2 to adoring fans. CNN Money reported that Gary Cooper, an analyst…

  • Leapster Multimedia Learning System Will Entertain 4 to 8 Year Olds

    Reading Time: 2 minutesLeapster Multimedia Learning Systemis an educational toy aimed at kids between 4 and 8 years old. There are quitea few cartridges available for this system. [ Photo: Amazon.com ] The other day I got a chance to play with the Leapster Multimedia Learning System for the first time. This is a handheld…

  • “Amazon Theater” Debuts as an Entertaining Vehicle for Holiday Product Promotion

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteJust in time for the holidays, Amazon.com is releasing a series of five short films that highlight products in their vast catalog. The first film, Portrait, stars Minnie Driver, Amanda Detmer, and a number of products including: handheld gadgets: the Jabra FreeSpeak 250 Headset, the Nokia 6600 Mobile Phone, and the…

  • LAF Ships Delayed LiveStrong Wristband Order

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteLast week I reported that the Lance Armstrong Foundation contacted me to say that shipment of a 10-pack of LiveStrong yellow wristbands I ordered on October 1 would be slightly delayed. I received the shipment this morning. The total time from order to delivery was just about five weeks, about a…

  • November 1 – 7, 2004 Weekly Summary

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is the Operation Gadget weekly summary for the first week of November 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…

  • Armstrong Tells L’Equipe He May Not Ride the Tour de France in 2005

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteScott Aiello pointed out that mainstream media outlets in the United States have picked up on the interview that Lance Armstrong gave the French newspaper L’Equipe where he said that he was uncertain whether he would be riding in the 2005 Tour de France because he wants to participate in other…

  • HS810 Bluetooth Headset from Motorola Featured in Forbes “Gadgets We Love” Article

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteForbes Magazine published a neat photo of someone using the Motorola HS810 Bluetooth Headset with a RAZR V3 Mobile Phone in its Gadgets We Love article in their November 15th issue. The RAZR V3 isn’t going to be available from Cingular Wireless until sometime later this month, but the HS810 is…

  • LiveStrong Counterfeiters Exposed on CBS’ Local News in New York City

    Reading Time: 2 minutesLast night, Arnold Diaz presented a Shame on You report on WCBS, Channel 2 in New York, exposing distributors and retailers selling counterfeit LiveStrong Yellow Wristbands. Diaz reported that these wristbands are becoming widely available in the New York City metropolitan area. He and a segment producer visited a Dollar Plus Store…