Operation Gadget

Category: Peripherals

  • Unpacking My CanoScan LiDE 500F

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteCanoScan LiDE 500F Flatbed Scanner: I got my new, inexpensive CanoScan scanner on Wednesday. I bought it to replace my fax machine in the new VoIP-based Home Office. [ Photo: Dave Aiello ] I received my CanoScan LiDE 500F Flatbed Scanner the other day. It’s a very inexpensive color scanner that…

  • Ftech Solar 7 Bluetooth GPS Receiver Reviewed by Ubergizmo

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI IMed with Hubert Nguyen from Ubergizmo.com yesterday who told me about his nice review of the Ftech Solar 7 Bluetooth GPS Receiver. There are a lot of buzzwords in that product name, so let me summarize. This is a solar-powered GPS that can communicate with a Bluetooth-capable handheld or notebook…

  • Replacing a Fax Line and Fax Machine with a Fax Service and a Scanner

    Reading Time: 3 minutesAs we progressed through the process of replacing our POTS lines with VoIP for the home office, we ran into a couple of issues that needed to be researched. One important one was the issue of how to send and receive faxes. Several people who I’ve talked to about the trade-offs of…

  • How Can I Use My Pocket PC with a GPS to Get Driving Directions?

    Reading Time: 2 minutesAs I mentioned in an earlier article, Sammarye Lewis, co-author of the new book Tour de France for Dummies asked me how to make her H-P iPAQ h6315 work smoothly with a Garmin GPS 10 Deluxe or another handheld GPS, so that she can get directions to places along the Tour de…

  • Canon EOS 20D: A Digital SLR Would Have Helped Me Get Tour de Georgia Finish-line Shots

    Reading Time: 2 minutesI wanted to ask for a photographer’s vest for the Dodge Tour de Georgia, but I didn’t feel that I had the right camera to make it worthwhile. If I had one of those vests, I could have stood inside the barriers just beyond the finish line and gotten shots of riders…

  • Upgrading the Blogging Workstation to Dual Flat Panel Displays

    Reading Time: 2 minutesAbout a month ago, I reported that I installed a second computer on my desk, an AMD Athlon XP 2500+-based tower system with a 17-inch flat panel display running at SXGA resolution (1280 x 1024). I’ve been trying to figure out how to maximize my blogging efficiency and the number one thing…

  • Dan Washburn Reports on Electronic Gadgets He Used While Traveling Through China

    Reading Time: 2 minutesDan Washburn of ShanghaiDiaries.com visited 18 Chinese provinces on a single trip recently. Now he’s reported on how each of his electronic gadgets fared during the trip. Included in his report are evaluations of the: 40-Gigabyte iPod from Apple, Media Reader for iPod from Belkin, Backup Battery Pack for iPod from Belkin,…

  • Black Friday Sale Coming to Apple Online and Retail Stores

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteMacMinute pointed out that Apple has pre-announced a sale that will take place on the day after Thanksgiving, Friday, November 26, 2004. The sale will involve both the Apple Online Store and Apple Retail Stores throughout the United States. The “Black Friday Sale” has a dedicated page on the Apple website:…

  • Sony Ericsson Akono HBH-600 Reviewed by MobileBurn

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteMobileBurn published a terrific review of the Sony Ericsson Akono HBH-600, a Bluetooth headset that is compatible with a large number of mobile phones. The Akono HBH-600 is very similar in outward appearance to the HBH-65, its predecessor. The difference is that the HBH-600 tries to separate background noise from conversation…