Operation Gadget

Category: Future Gadgets

  • Is Cook’s Team Fostering a New Era of Apple Secrecy?

    Reading Time: 2 minutesGreat post this morning by Dave Mark on The Loop called iWatch speculation, where he cites James Gill’s Why Would Apple make a watch? Gill said: Not long after Tim Cook took over as full time CEO, he made a promise: “We’re going to double down on secrecy.” A few years on…

  • Does the Amazon Fire Phone Break Any Important New Ground?

    Reading Time: 2 minutesI had an eye on a couple of live blogs of the Amazon Fire Phone announcement (see coverage from Gigaom and ReCode), and it was hard for me to see anything that broke any new ground that will change the current two horse race between the iPhone 5s and the Samsung Galaxy…

  • What Makes Walter Isaacson Anything More Than an Observer of the Tech Industries?

    Reading Time: 2 minutesWednesday, Walter Isaacson weighed in on the current state of the tech industries. When asked by Andrew Ross Sorkin, “So, what’s a bigger deal? Getting into China or Google, earlier this week, buying Nest?” This is a good question. Isaacson’s answer that, in his opinion, Google buying Nest is a bigger deal,…

  • USB Type-C: Just Like A Lightning Cable– Only Cheaper, Designed By Committee, And Available 3 Years From Now

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe BBC reported that the USB Promoter Group announced that future USB cable interfaces will be smaller and reversible, so as to better compete with the Apple Lightning cable that is already reversible and smaller than USB 3.0. The new interface to be called “USB Type-C” will not be a completed…

  • Apple Files Patent Application on a Bike Computer

    Reading Time: 2 minutesPatently Apple reported that the US Patent and Trademark Office published a patent application called “Systems and Methods for Integrating a Portable Electronic Device with a Bicycle” that was received from Apple, Inc.  According to the article, “Apple’s patent is about using a new iPod or iPhone system primarily on a bike…

  • Liveblog Transcript of the iPhone 2.0 Firmware Upgrade

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteScreenshot of Twitterific Application on my iPhone: This is a screenshot of the new Twitterific Application installed on my iPhone after I performed the 2.0 Firmware Update. [ Screenshot: Dave Aiello on Flickr ] I found a way to access the iPhone 2.0 Firmware in advance of the official release through iTunes. I…

  • Why Tethering an iPhone 3G to a Laptop Doesn’t Make Sense

    Reading Time: 2 minutesThere’s been a lot of discussion on Mac-related websites about whether the iPhone 3G should support tethering to a laptop or desktop computer. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the term, Wikipedia defines tethering as follows: Tethering in cellular wireless is the connection of a non-mobile device (e.g. desktop computer,…

  • Apple Reportedly Advocated Web Development Based on SproutCore at WWDC

    Reading Time: 2 minutesI’ve seen a several tweets and articles today stating that Apple is advocating a Javascript-based Model View Controller framework for web development called SproutCore. Reports indicate that Apple based the MobileMe web application announced at WWDC on SproutCore and provided details on the framework in sessions at the Apple World Wide Developer…

  • Jonathan Greene’s Impressive Review and Video of the Nokia N78

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteBefore I hit the hay on Friday night, I want to point out Jonathan Greene’s blog article Nokia N78 – Feature Pack 2 and plenty to love. This is a great first look at the newest N-Series phone and includes a nearly 20 minute long video of him putting the N78…