Operation Gadget

Category: GPS Gadgets

  • Apple Corrected Location of Building on Apple Maps within Three Days

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteOne of the reasons I started RinkAtlas eight years ago was because a lot of the locations of hockey arenas that were available from navigation systems and mapping websites weren’t accurate. This continues to be a problem today, although the number of serious location errors keeps dropping. I had a really…

  • Assigning Locations to OmniFocus iPhone Contexts

    Reading Time: 4 minutesMy latest Inside iPhone post is called How an iPhone Can Help You Be More Productive When Commuting Via Mass Transit. One of the things I talk about in that post is the power of using location-based contexts within the OmniFocus for iPhone application. I realized while writing the Inside iPhone piece…

  • 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…

  • Nokia N78 Unboxing Photos

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis morning I received a Nokia N78 as part of my participation in the Nokia Blogger Relations Program. I just posted a bunch of photos of unboxing the N78 to Flickr. See more of my Nokia N78 Unboxing Photos on Flickr. [ Photo: Dave Aiello. ] Some of the Nokia N78’s big features…

  • Gadget Links: Old Granddad Edition

    Reading Time: 2 minutesFor the Phinney Family, a Dream and a Challenge on NYTimes.com: This story came out last week, right before Taylor Phinney raced in the Individual Pursuits at the Track Cycling World Championships. Taylor finished eighth. His father, Davis, is a legendary U.S. cycling champ who has struggled with Parkinson’s Disease in recent…

  • How the iPhone Salvaged Our Trip to Friendly’s

    Reading Time: 2 minutesI had an iPhone experience tonight like the ones that make users of other mobile phones jealous. Kathleen, Jimmy, and I decided to go to Friendly’s for ice cream after dinner. We showed up at the Langhorne location only to find a standing-room-only crowd waiting for tables. We were quoted a 20-minute…

  • Garmin Releases GPS Management Application for MacOS X

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteMacRumors reports that Garmin released a new beta version of their Bobcat GPS management tool for MacOS X. This beta of version 2.0 of the software includes the following features: transfer waypoints, tracks, and routes between a Mac and Garmin GPS device, manage maps and DRM keys for transfer to a…

  • Runner Puts Garmin Forerunner 305 Through Its Paces in Kenya and Spain

    Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Weekend Edition of The Wall Street Journal contained an interesting review of the Garmin Forerunner 305 and the MotionLingo Adeo. The author, Mark Schoofs took these fitness gadgets with him on trips to Kenya and Spain to help assess his level of exertion while running on widely varying terrain and conditions.…

  • Personal Electronics Power Station is a Good Central Point for Charging Most Handheld Gadgets

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe other day, my brother Scott Aiello tipped me off to a device that can be used as a convenient one-stop place to charge all of your handheld devices. It’s called the Personal Electronics Power Station and it’s available from several vendors on Amazon.com. The Personal Electronics Power Station is an…