Operation Gadget

Category: Gadget-related Services

  • Study Says Handheld Communicators Help Doctors Respond Faster than Pagers

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteE-Health Insider reports that a study published in a journal called BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making indicates that handheld communicators helped surgeons at a London hospital respond to calls more quickly than they did with pagers. The study also indicated that communication between clinicians was improved. According to the article:…

  • Mini Version of Opera Browser Reportedly Working on Treo 650

    Reading Time: < 1 minutePalmAddict reported that a version of the Opera browser now works on the Treo 650 and other powerful PalmOS devices. Included in this group are the Palm LifeDrive, Treo 600, and the Tungsten T3. The article refers to an Opera Mini Treo installation howto that explains system requirements (most significantly Java)…

  • Fossil Reportedly Exiting Smart Watch Market

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteAccording to SpotStop.com, a site devoted to MSN Direct-based products, Fossil is exiting the Smart Watch market. The article says: Fossil has made their last MSN Direct watch, at least for the foreseeable future…. {We} hear Fossil is no longer going to make new watches and will re-direct their technology efforts…

  • Mobile Phone Users Want to Receive Email from Family on Handsets

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteCritical Path sponsored an interesting survey that says that U.S. mobile phone users want to receive email from family members on their handsets provided the service is inexpensive and easy to use. According to the survey, 69 percent of respondents considered emails from a spouse or significant other to be the…

  • Treonauts Discusses Mobile RSS Readers for the Treo 650

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteAndrew Carton of Treonauts published a good summary of RSS reader options for Treo 650 users. The headline readers include PalmOS applications that have paid licenses, browser-based RSS readers that are free, as well as email and Java-based offerings. Of the RSS readers I’ve tried so far, Bloglines Mobile (part of…

  • Unpacking My CanoScan LiDE 500F

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteCanoScan LiDE 500F Flatbed Scanner: I got my new, inexpensive CanoScan scanner on Wednesday. I bought it to replace my fax machine in the new VoIP-based Home Office. [ Photo: Dave Aiello ] I received my CanoScan LiDE 500F Flatbed Scanner the other day. It’s a very inexpensive color scanner that…

  • Fitness-Related Applications Popping Up for Google Maps

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteEarlier today my friend Maria Norton sent me the following message: Hi Dave, Hope you’re getting settled into the new place. Just wondering, have you heard about the

  • Replacing a Fax Line and Fax Machine with a Fax Service and a Scanner

    Reading Time: 3 minutesAs we progressed through the process of replacing our POTS lines with VoIP for the home office, we ran into a couple of issues that needed to be researched. One important one was the issue of how to send and receive faxes. Several people who I’ve talked to about the trade-offs of…

  • Replacing POTS with VoIP for the Home Office

    Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen Kathleen and I decided to move to Newtown, Pennsylvania, we decided that we were going to move as aggressively into the new age of telecommunications as possible. At the most basic level, this meant that all telephone service for the house and the Home Office would use Voice over IP instead…