Operation Gadget

Category: Portable Audio

  • BBC Provides an Introduction to Podcasting

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe BBC provided an excellent summary of the Podcasting phenomenon for people who haven’t caught the wave yet. I’ve been listening to podcasts like The Daily Source Code by Adam Curry and Inside Mac Radio periodically while blogging. I don’t care that I’m not using iPodder or something similar to transfer…

  • What I Did with My $15 iTunes Music Store Card

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteMy wife gave me a $15 iTunes Music Store Card for Christmas to buy some of “my music” for our collection. I never thought I’d buy a complete album via iTunes, but I spent my $15 (plus 99 cents) on Best of Both Worlds, a two-disc compilation of Van Halen songs…

  • Challengers to the iPod mini Discussed in New York Times

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI forgot to point out a New York Times “Circuits” column from last week where David Pogue compared the iPod mini to several similar hard disk-based music players. The players compared were: Apple iPod mini Creative Zen Micro Virgin Electronics Player 5GB Dell Pocket DJ Rio Carbon 5GB MP3 Player This…

  • Glen Fleishman is Writing a New Digital Radio Blog for Weblogs, Inc.

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI learned yesterday that Glenn Fleishman has signed on to write a new digital radio weblog for Weblogs, Inc. that’s called Droxy.com. It formally launched today, although it has content that’s dated back to November 22. According to the first posting, the site will focus primarily on satellite radio services such…

  • 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,…

  • iPod Year in Review Published by iPodLounge

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteIf you needed any further indication that the iPod and the iPod mini are the epitome of the portable audio market, look no further than The iPod Year in Review 2004 article on iPodLounge. The article reviews the tremendous launch of the iPod mini— so successful that the international rollout had…

  • Treonauts Explains How to Stream Audio on Your Treo with Pocket Tunes 3.0

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere’s a nice article on Treonauts.com by Jonathan Greene describing how to stream audio on your Treo using Pocket Tunes 3.0. This is pretty cutting edge stuff, including information about finding audio streams that are appropriate for the speed of the Treo data connections and a step-by-step guide to playing a…

  • Clarion VRX755VD to Put Virtual iPod Controls on a Dash-Mounted 7-inch LCD Display

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteForthcoming Clarion VRX755VD with built-in iPod controls: UberGizmo reports that it will be on the market in 2005. [ Photo: Clarion Co., Ltd. ] UberGizmo reported that Clarion has developed a new in-car AV unit that displays a virtual set of controls for an iPod onto its 7-inch touch-sensitive LCD display.…

  • 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:…