Operation Gadget

Category: Mobile Phones

  • Amazon Offers Nokia 3650 or 3620 and Jabra FreeSpeak Bundle

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteAmazon.com has put together a bundle involving the Nokia 3650 and the Jabra FreeSpeak Bluetooth Headset. However, unlike the offer involving the Sony Ericsson T610 and T616, in the Nokia 3650/3620 offer are charging $19.99 for the Jabra Freespeak. Since this offer is for either the Nokia 3650 or the 3620,…

  • IDC Study Categorizes Users of Mobile Technology

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteEarlier this week, IDC released a summary of a new research report that they just completed called Exploring Usage Models In Mobility: A Cluster Analysis of Mobile Users. In it, they divided mobile technology users into four segments: Display Mavens, The Mobile Elite, Minimalists, and Voice and Text Fanatics. It seems…

  • MobileTracker Points Out Biggest Problems with Number Portability

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteMobileTracker published an article about the fact that consumers typically want to keep their phones and their numbers when they switch carriers. They go on to point out that the biggest impediments to continuing to use the same handset are differing network technologies and SIM locking. This article tends to support…

  • Article on O’Reilly Network Discusses Unlocking the Nokia 3650

    Reading Time: 2 minutesSchuyler Erle wrote a helpful article… that explains the undocumented procedure for unlocking some Nokia GSM handsets so that that they will accept SIM cards from any carrier. He was able to use the procedures discussed in this article to unlock a Nokia 3650…. It’s clear that SIM cards from different GSM…

  • Adam Kalsey Reviews Motorola MPx200 Smartphone

    Reading Time: 2 minutesAdam Kalsey of the Kalsey Consulting Group wrote a good review of the Motorola MPx200 Smartphone that provides more details about how it integrates with a typical PC. He likes the MPx200’s ability to sync contact information with Microsoft Outlook…. One somewhat troubling aspect of the review is Adam’s experience trying to…

  • O’Grady’s Powerpage Does a Comprehensive Nokia 6600 Review

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Nokia 6600 is a very new Symbian-based mobile phone. This phone is not widely available in the United States yet, but stacks up really well against a number of smartphone-style devices. I haven’t pointed to a lot of articles about Symbian OS mobile phones, so I thought I’d include this…

  • Brighthand Publisher Writes of His “Smartphone Epiphany”

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteStephen G. Bush wrote a succinct piece on Brighthand about his success replacing a separate Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone and PDA with a the Motorola MPx200 Smartphone. Bush says, “The Motorola MPx200 Smartphone has convinced me that a convergent device, one that is more cell phone than PDA, can keep me connected…

  • IT Manager’s Journal Publishes a Good Review of the Treo 600

    Reading Time: 2 minutesIT Manager’s Journal has published an excellent review of the Handspring / PalmOne Treo 600 that identifies the strengths and weaknesses of the device based on realistic expectations. It’s hard not to compare this review of the Treo 600 to another that I discussed previously. But looking at this device as a…

  • BargainPDA.com Publishes Weird Review of Treo 600

    Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Saturday, BargainPDA.com published a complete review of the PalmOne / Handspring Treo 600. This review is a disappointment to anyone who liked the first generation Treos and wants to know whether to buy the new one. It’s also not necessarily helpful to people who are thinking about replacing two or more…