Operation Gadget

Category: Mobile Phones

  • Mini Version of Opera Browser Reportedly Working on Treo 650

    Reading Time: < 1 minutePalmAddict reported that a version of the Opera browser now works on the Treo 650 and other powerful PalmOS devices. Included in this group are the Palm LifeDrive, Treo 600, and the Tungsten T3. The article refers to an Opera Mini Treo installation howto that explains system requirements (most significantly Java)…

  • Mobile Phone Users Want to Receive Email from Family on Handsets

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteCritical Path sponsored an interesting survey that says that U.S. mobile phone users want to receive email from family members on their handsets provided the service is inexpensive and easy to use. According to the survey, 69 percent of respondents considered emails from a spouse or significant other to be the…

  • Treonauts Discusses Mobile RSS Readers for the Treo 650

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteAndrew Carton of Treonauts published a good summary of RSS reader options for Treo 650 users. The headline readers include PalmOS applications that have paid licenses, browser-based RSS readers that are free, as well as email and Java-based offerings. Of the RSS readers I’ve tried so far, Bloglines Mobile (part of…

  • A Worthy List of Treo 650 Add-on Software for the Productivity Minded User

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteMarc Orchant published a great list of add-on software for his Treo 650 over on The Office Weblog a couple of days ago. He’s suggested two or three Palm applications I’m trying out now: SplashID, part of Splash Wallet: I mentioned that I’m trying this out a little while ago here…

  • Trying SplashID on My Treo to Keep Track of Passwords

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteSomewhere in the transition to my Treo 650 back in March, I lost a memo entry that contained a big list of passwords for websites and other applications. It was a bad idea to store that information in that manner in the first place, so I resolved to find a Palm…

  • Deal on Cardo Scala 500 Bluetooth Headset at Amazon.com

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteTreonauts published a review of the Cardo Scala 500 Bluetooth Headset which is considered a worthy alternative to the Palm Bluetooth Headset for the Treo 650. There are a couple of things that make the Cardo Scala 500 stand out and probably make it a better choice: there’s a great deal…

  • Important Update for Cingular Version of Treo 650 Released Recently

    Reading Time: 2 minutesTreo 650 Updater 1.15 for Cingular was released last Monday. I needed to perform this upgrade because I was running Treo650-1.04-CNG which is an old revision of the Treo 650 firmware for Cingular. According to the Palm website, the features included in this update are: Optimizes memory handling and frees up more…

  • Replacing POTS with VoIP for the Home Office

    Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen Kathleen and I decided to move to Newtown, Pennsylvania, we decided that we were going to move as aggressively into the new age of telecommunications as possible. At the most basic level, this meant that all telephone service for the house and the Home Office would use Voice over IP instead…

  • T-Mobile Offering Live Tour de France Coverage

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteLive Tour Coverage via T-Mobile in Europe: T-Mobile is offering free streaming video coverage of the Tour de France via UMTS. [ Photo: T-Mobile International AG ] Jonathan Maus pointed out that T-Mobile is offering live Tour de France TV reports to its customers via UMTS video streaming. This streaming video…