Month: December 2004
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Kodak Digital Photo Strategy Discussed in New York Times
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe New York Times published an interesting article on Kodak’s digital photography strategy yesterday. It talks about how Kodak rebounded from a 5-percent share of the U.S. market in 2000 to 19-percent today. That makes them number two behind Sony and just ahead of Canon. There are a number of interesting…
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How Do I Replace a GSM Phone Inexpensively?
Reading Time: 2 minutesHere’s a mobile phone question that came in yesterday that I don’t have a great answer for. Maybe some of you Operation Gadget readers can offer some suggestions? Randy Stevens wrote: Dave, May be you can help me, I�m a bit desperate at this point. My daughter dropped her Cingular phone in…
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AP Names Armstrong Male Athlete of the Year for Third Consecutive Time
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhat can we add to the story reporting that The Associated Press Named Lance Armstrong its 2004 Male Athlete of the Year? Here’s the highlight: Already recognized as one of the truly inspiring athletes of his generation, Armstrong took his cycling legacy a step further when he won a record-breaking sixth…
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December 20 – 26, 2004 Weekly Summary
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is the Operation Gadget weekly summary for the fourth week of December 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…
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Reviewing MSN Direct Service on a Fossil Abacus Wrist Net
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe folks at MSN Direct sent me a Fossil Abacus Wrist Net Smart Watch to play with and talk about. I got it a couple of days ago and I’ve been wearing it in place of my Tag Heuer 4000 Series Sport Watch, which is one of the memories of my…
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Good Comparison of Wireless Data Solutions from BargainPDA
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBargainPDA.com published a useful review of wireless data solutions that are available from mobile phone carriers and hot-spot providers. The article focuses on the technologies deployed by each wireless data provider, then goes on to talk about the connection methods available to get your mobile device on-line. The three connection methods…
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Exec Hints at Apple – Motorola Mobile Phone with iTunes Support in First Half of 2005
Reading Time: < 1 minuteForbes reported that Apple Computer and Motorola are likely to announce a mobile phone that can play music from the iTunes Music Store. The phone may ship sometime in the first half of 2005. The source of this information is reportedly Eddy Cue, Apple’s vice president of applications. Such an announcement…
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Challengers to the iPod mini Discussed in New York Times
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI forgot to point out a New York Times “Circuits” column from last week where David Pogue compared the iPod mini to several similar hard disk-based music players. The players compared were: Apple iPod mini Creative Zen Micro Virgin Electronics Player 5GB Dell Pocket DJ Rio Carbon 5GB MP3 Player This…
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SantaCross in Southern California Won by Lance Armstrong
Reading Time: 2 minutesLance Armstrong Wins SantaCross: Nice photos at CyclingNews.com. Good article at VeloNews.com. [ Photo: Dorothy Wong, CyclingNews.com ] VeloNews.com covered the reports that Lance Armstrong won the “A” Mens Race at the SantaCross cyclocross event over the weekend in Woodland Hills, California. CyclingNews.com has an excellent photo spread with plenty of shots…