Operation Gadget

Category: Mobile Phones

  • HS810 Bluetooth Headset from Motorola Featured in Forbes “Gadgets We Love” Article

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteForbes Magazine published a neat photo of someone using the Motorola HS810 Bluetooth Headset with a RAZR V3 Mobile Phone in its Gadgets We Love article in their November 15th issue. The RAZR V3 isn’t going to be available from Cingular Wireless until sometime later this month, but the HS810 is…

  • Sidekick II Reaches Number 1 on Amazon.com Cell Phone Early Adopter List

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteA very positive review of the T-Mobile Sidekick II was published on BargainPDA today. The review got me looking at the prices for it. I found a great deal at Amazon.com: the net price for the Sidekick II is $0 after all rebates, if you pick the right contract. No wonder…

  • Sprint PCS and AT&T Wireless Readying Release of Treo 650

    Reading Time: 2 minutesThe palmOne Treo 650:Expected to be released inthe United States beforethe end of 2004, andin other countries, early in the new year.[ Photo courtesy of palmOne. ] AT&T Wireless appears to be laying the foundation for a launch of the Treo 650 on its GSM/EDGE network before the end of 2004. There…

  • Vending Machines at Hong Kong Transit Stations Sell Rechargeable SIM Cards

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteSIM Card Vending Machine in Hong Kong.[ Photo: PenguinSix.com ] Andrew Leyden has published an article about a vending machine selling pay-as-you-go SIM cards in the Tsim Sha Tsui subway station on the Mass Transit Railway in Hong Kong. Andrew said: Over here getting a SIM card (GSM or CDMA) is…

  • Blackberry 7230 Excels as a Mobile Email Platform

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI had my first real opportunity to use a Blackberry 7230 in lieu of a laptop on my trip to San Francisco last week. I realized pretty quickly that this device’s mobile email capability is second to none. The

  • Treo 650 Finally Announced by palmOne

    Reading Time: 2 minutesThe palmOne Treo 650:Expected to be released inthe United States beforethe end of 2004, andin other countries, early in the new year.[ Photo courtesy of palmOne. ] In one of the more anti-climactic announcements in recent gadget history, palmOne announced the Treo 650, an update on the critically-acclaimed Treo 600 integrated communicator.…

  • PalmOne Expected to Announce Treo 650 on October 25

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteSeveral gadget-oriented websites, including Brighthand are predicting that the PalmOne Treo 650 will be announced on October 25. That’s three weeks from yesterday. I’ll bet that Treo users who want to upgrade will start getting their 650s around Thanksgiving. The expected Treo 650 feature set, as reported by Brighthand, looks a…

  • Taiwanese Manufacturer of Treo 650 Reportedly Begins Shipments

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Register reports that Taiwanese contract-manufacturer HTC will build the Treo 650 for palmOne and cites a Digitimes article indicating that shipments of a new PDA phone to palmOne began recently. This has led many sites to conclude that the Treo 650 will go on sale in North America in October.…

  • Danger, Inc. CEO Interviewed by J.D. Lasica

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteOn Monday Engadget published J.D. Lasica’s excellent interview with Hank Nothhaft, CEO of Danger, Inc.. Danger is the manufacturer of the T-Mobile Sidekick II, which is about to be released. The most interesting aspect of the Danger Hiptop / T-Mobile Sidekick story, from my perspective, has been the fact that the…