Operation Gadget

Category: iPhone

  • “iPhone Fully Loaded” is a Must Have Book for iPhone and iPod Touch Users

    Reading Time: 2 minutesThe first book I bought to try to get new ideas on how I could better leverage my iPhone as a multimedia Swiss Army Knife was iPhone Fully Loaded by Andy Ihnatko. I have been really impressed by this book because it has some really excellent tips and techniques that go beyond…

  • Countdown to My MacBook Pro

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI ordered my MacBook Pro on Sunday night. It’s a build-to-order machine with a 160-Gigabyte hard drive that’s based on the 2.2-GigaHertz Core 2 Duo, Santa Rosa-based MacBook Pro. If I get the machine that’s currently on the market, it will be 194-percent faster than my current Dell Latitude C810, the…

  • Gadget Links: Between Hockey Games Edition

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Complete Guide to iPhone Car Integration on iLounge.com: A great article that covers nearly every accessory for using your iPhone in the car without violating the laws requiring hands-free use of mobile phones in many parts of the USA. [ via TUAW ] MacBook Air review round-up on TUAW: “Ah, it is…

  • I’ve Had Enough of the Endless Whining for 3G in Apple Products

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn listening to the podcasts emanating from MacWorld Expo in San Francisco this week, a few pundits lamented the fact that the MacBook Air doesn’t have 3G built into it. This is echoed by an article published on MacRumors called Lack of 3G a Deal Breaker… No, Not Talking about iPhone.…

  • Gadget Links: Mid MacWorld Expo Edition

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteGmail IMAP Change in 1.13 – Apple Phone Show on Apple Phone Show Blog: “The 1.13 upgrade to the iPhone automatically changes POP configured Gmail to IMAP….” I saw the change in folder arrangement on my iPhone after I updated the firmware, but I didn’t realize the implications of it until…

  • Comments on Steve Jobs’ 2008 MacWorld Expo Keynote

    Reading Time: 2 minutesI expected to be wowed by Steve Jobs’ 2008 MacWorld Expo Keynote a lot more than I actually was. However, I was doing other things while the event was going on (real work), and the products that I was most interested in (mainstream Mac laptops) didn’t get addressed in this keynote at…

  • Gadget Links: Should Have Been Yesterday’s Edition

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Untold Story: How the iPhone Blew Up the Wireless Industry in Wired: Awesome story about how the iPhone made it to market. Absolutely worth reading. The best notebook you can buy in Infoworld: “After six months of intensive, daily use of the machine, I can state now that today’s MacBook…

  • Power Supply Dies in Blogging Workstation, Days Away from MacBook Pro Purchase

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteWednesday morning 6:30 A.M. There’s an eerie silence in The Home Office. Over the next 10 minutes I come to the conclusion that the power supply on The Blogging Workstation, my four year old AMD Athlon 2500XP+ ATX Tower Machine that’s the fastest PC in the house, has breathed its last.…

  • RIAA Suing Individuals Over Ripping CDs for Personal Use

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Washington Post reported that The RIAA is arguing that ripping CDs for personal use on your iPod or other digital music player is illegal. The argument has reportedly been made in a case against Jeffrey Howell from Scottsdale, AZ. According to the article: The {RIAA’s} lawyer in the case, Ira…