Operation Gadget

Category: Software

  • “iPhone Fully Loaded” is a Must Have Book for iPhone and iPod Touch Users

    Reading Time: 2 minutesThe first book I bought to try to get new ideas on how I could better leverage my iPhone as a multimedia Swiss Army Knife was iPhone Fully Loaded by Andy Ihnatko. I have been really impressed by this book because it has some really excellent tips and techniques that go beyond…

  • Why Watermark Every Image During the Pixelmator Demo Period?

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteOne of the applications I was dying to try when I got my MacBook Pro was Pixelmator. This is a low-cost image editing application for the Mac that aggressively integrates MacOS-specific features such as iSight camera input, an integrated Photo Browser, as well as integration with OS-level technologies like Automator and…

  • Countdown to My MacBook Pro

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI ordered my MacBook Pro on Sunday night. It’s a build-to-order machine with a 160-Gigabyte hard drive that’s based on the 2.2-GigaHertz Core 2 Duo, Santa Rosa-based MacBook Pro. If I get the machine that’s currently on the market, it will be 194-percent faster than my current Dell Latitude C810, the…

  • Gadget Links: Still No New MacBook Pro Edition

    Reading Time: 2 minutesApple introduces Aperture 2.0 on MacNN: “Apple on Tuesday released Aperture 2.0, a major revision of the company’s professional photo editing and management application. The upgrade brings in a new, sleeker user interface that allows users to flip between Browser and Viewer modes with a single key press and a heads-up display…

  • Garmin Releases GPS Management Application for MacOS X

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteMacRumors reports that Garmin released a new beta version of their Bobcat GPS management tool for MacOS X. This beta of version 2.0 of the software includes the following features: transfer waypoints, tracks, and routes between a Mac and Garmin GPS device, manage maps and DRM keys for transfer to a…

  • Gadget Links: Mid MacWorld Expo Edition

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteGmail IMAP Change in 1.13 – Apple Phone Show on Apple Phone Show Blog: “The 1.13 upgrade to the iPhone automatically changes POP configured Gmail to IMAP….” I saw the change in folder arrangement on my iPhone after I updated the firmware, but I didn’t realize the implications of it until…

  • Three-Part Article on Writing a Webcam Application for the Nokia N800

    Reading Time: 2 minutesI got a Nokia N800 through the Nokia Blogger Relations Program several months ago. I found this device quite interesting, but I never had the opportunity to dig into it as deeply as I had wanted to. I started to think about it again about a week ago, when I was thinking…

  • GarageBand 4.1.1 Update Includes “Send Ringtone to iTunes” Feature

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Apple Phone Show Weblog reports that GarageBand Version 4.1.1 (the update that was released yesterday), includes a fix for the “Send Ringtone to iTunes” feature that’s found in the “Share” menu. The article implies that they tested this feature and it works. This gives iPhone users another way to create…

  • Using Yojimbo and Webjimbo as a Mac and iPhone Password Management Solution

    Reading Time: 2 minutesThe only thing I’ve missed since I switched from my old reliable Treo 650 to my iPhone is an onboard password / information management tool. On the Treo 650, I used a utility program called SplashID, which was great for remembering hundreds of sets of application and server credentials. (I mentioned that…