Operation Gadget

Category: Mobile Phones

  • Polar and Nokia Announce Gadget Integration Plans

    Reading Time: < 1 minutePolar Electro and Nokia have announced mobile phone – fitness measurement gadget connectivity so that data from forthcoming Polar heart rate monitors can be sent wirelessly (via infared data transfer) to a forthcoming Nokia sports-oriented mobile phone. The devices that will be integrated are the Polar S625X Running Computer, the Polar…

  • palmOne Will Begin Taking Orders for T-Mobile Treo 600s in Mid-February

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteOn Monday, I ranted about the fact that T-Mobile USA has not yet authorized use of the Treo 600 on its network. This morning, I noticed that a slight change in the Treo 600 Find-a-Wireless Plan Page on Handspring.com. The relevant text is: Treo 600 is currently available with plans from…

  • Motorola Reportedly Bringing Out a Bluetooth Handsfree Speakerphone

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteInfosync World is reporting that Motorola is bringing out a handsfree speakerphone accessory for Bluetooth-enabled phones. According to the article: The Motorola HF800 Portable Wireless Speaker is a compact accessory that can act as a hands-free speakerphone or wireless headset jack when connected to any compatible Bluetooth enabled device up to…

  • T-Mobile Winning the Number Portability Race So Far

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteReuters is reporting that T-Mobile USA has posted the best subscriber growth in the fourth quarter of 2003, the period in which number portability became possible. According to the article: … T-Mobile, the sixth-largest U.S. wireless service, added 1.015 million customers and beat analysts’ targets for 829,000 to 838,000 new customers…

  • Treo 600 Updated to Support Sprint’s New SMS Implementation

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteTwo Operation Gadget story threads converged today. Way back in November, I reported that Sprint was working on a “true” SMS service. In other words, a text message service that pushes messages out to your phone without requiring an Internet connection. I’ve also repeatedly pointed out that the Treo 600 is…

  • Treo 600 Featured in New York Times Magazine “Consumed” Column

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe palmOne Treo 600 was discussed in Sunday’s Consumed column in the New York Times Magazine. The column tends to spoon-feed the description of the integrated communicator to the reader, which is not surprising given the demographics of the print version of the magazine. Nevertheless, the fact that the column was…

  • Moblogger Finds T-Mobile Has Excellent International Customer Support

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteJoi Ito was surprised to find T-Mobile extemely helpful in finding a Swiss mobile carrier who could support him with good GPRS access. He said: When I landed, I had trouble connecting to Swisscom, but “611” and two rings later, I was connected to a friendly T-Mobile support person speaking in…

  • A Treo User Reviews a Microsoft Smartphone

    Reading Time: 2 minutesOne of the more interesting articles comparing the Palm OS-based palmOne / Handspring Treo line of products with Microsoft Windows Mobile-based Smartphones has been published by Treocentral. Michael Ducker has done an excellent job of pointing out some little known facts about Smartphones such as the Motorola MPx200, including: phone features that…

  • Treo 600 Photo Output Can Be Improved by Configuration Changes

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Connected PDA Treo 600 Moblogreported that a number of Handspring / palmOne Treo 600 have successfully improved the quality of photos taken with the embedded digital camera by reducing the amount of compression applied to each photo. According to the article, a program called Qset makes this possible. One of…