Operation Gadget

Category: Mobile Phones

  • Gadget Links: Snow Fun Edition

    Reading Time: 2 minutesBills return to Buffalo by bus after loss in Cleveland, The Associated Press on ESPN.com: “Mother Nature sure had it in for the Buffalo Bills this weekend.” “Bad enough that a blizzard contributed to Buffalo’s loss at Cleveland on Sunday, ending the team’s playoff chances. Then, following an unscheduled overnight stay because…

  • Got My Nokia N81 8GB Mobile Phone

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Nokia Blogger Relations Program sent me a Nokia N81 8GB mobile phone on Thursday. This is a sharp-looking, piano black mobile phone with a screen that’s about two-thirds the size of the iPhone. It’s got a slide that exposes a standard Nokia 12-button keypad. I’ll try to publish a photo…

  • Handhelds from Palm Still Make Sense in Medicine

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteLast night I solved the syncing problem that had limited Kathleen’s ability to use her Treo 650 with her new MacBook. I owe a lot of credit to the book Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Tiger Edition, which explained the details of the interaction between Palm Desktop for the…

  • One Million iPhones Sold in 74 Days

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’m glad to hear that Apple sold its one millionth iPhone today. I think the $200 price cut will put holiday sales on the trajectory where Apple needs them to be in order to achieve the goal of 10 million iPhones in the first year on the market.

  • The iPhone Does Multitasking

    Reading Time: 2 minutesBack on January 10, I asked Is OS X the Key Component of the Apple iPhone? The first point I made in that article was about multitasking: Elegantly-implemented multitasking on a handheld device: Windows Mobile handhelds have this capability already, but none devices I’ve seen have a UI that comes close to…

  • My iPhone Was Activated After a 17 Hour Delay

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteHere’s the summary of my iPhone activation experience: 4:00am Saturday (Eastern Time): Finally began activation process using iTunes after a long delay while installing Windows XP Professional on my PC. 4:30am Saturday: Received email from Apple, “AT&T is now processing your activation.” 3:36pm Saturday: Received email from AT&T, “Thank you for…

  • I Got My iPhone Yesterday, Maybe It Will Work Today

    Reading Time: 7 minutesIt was possible to buy either iPhone model last night in Central New Jersey. My iPhone moments after I purchased it at the Freehold, NJ Apple Store on June 29. See more photos of my iPhone in my Flickr photostream. I bought mine at the Apple Store at the Freehold Raceway Mall…

  • Don’t Let FUD Cloud Your Judgment About the iPhone

    Reading Time: 2 minutesLet’s face a few of facts: A lot of media outlets are going to publish articles designed to provoke FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt) in the hearts of iPhone fans. This is going to continue and grow in intensity up to and beyond June 29. The motives for publishing this type of…

  • I’m Finally Working with the Nokia N95

    Reading Time: 2 minutesI’m pleased to report that I’m finally putting the Nokia N95 through its paces. The Nokia Blogger Relations program sent me an N95 several weeks ago. I had just started a major new project at work, so I wasn’t able to do much with it. Then I found I needed a MicroSD…