Operation Gadget

Category: Software

  • Using Google Earth to Follow Stages of the Tour de France

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteHarry Lowe of the University of Washington published an article called 2005 Tour de France with Google Earth where he has recorded the routes of the first five stages of the Tour de France for playback using Google Earth. For those of you who haven’t been following its evolution, Google Earth…

  • Which Email Client Should I Use on the Treo 650?

    Reading Time: 3 minutesAs I mentioned on Monday, Beth Seliga, a freelance photographer who covers pro cycling, asked me which email client to use on her new palmOne Treo 650. I had strong opinions ready when she asked this question, so I’m going to repeat them and enhance them with links for the benefit 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…

  • VersaMail Doesn’t Seem to Do a Great Job with IMAP

    Reading Time: 2 minutesI’ve been using VersaMail 3.0 since I got my Treo 650 eight days ago. I’m always hesitant to make conclusive statements without backing them up with significant research, but I want to warn people who are just starting to use the Treo 650 or are considering purchasing it: VersaMail doesn’t seem to…

  • TextAloud 2.0 Converts Text to MP3 Files for Exercise or Commute-Time Productivity

    Reading Time: < 1 minutePlayerBlog reports that TextAloud 2.0 has been released by NextUp.com. This software “reads” text that you provide and creates spoken word MP3 files. When I use an iPod, I often listen to spoken word content from Audible.com. I could see myself using TextAloud to timeshift some reading that would otherwise take…

  • PalmSource Chooses SyncML for Future Handheld Synchronisation

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteBrighthand reports that PalmSource is developing new synchronisation tools for the PalmOS based on SyncML, an XML-based vendor-independent standard. This is a smart move by PalmSource because it: begins the process of getting them out of the desktop organizer business, gives the customer more personal information management application choices (including PC…

  • SplashBlog Has Treo Photobloggers Buzzing

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteSplashBlog is a new photoblogging application for the palmOS that hit my RADAR screen a couple of days ago when Josh Rubin metioned it on Cool Hunting. It was mentioned again yesterday on PalmInfoCenter. When I first looked at SplashBlog, I was concerned it was a “walled garden,” meaning that the…

  • 10 Wierdest PalmOS Programs List Compiled by CanalPDA

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteCanalPDA.com, a Spanish-language PDA site, has developed this interesting list of the 10 wierdest palmOS programs available today. (The list is written in English.) Included are things like a virtual voodoo doll, a program that lets you create a fake call on a Treo so you can end an appointment early,…

  • iSMARTtrain 2.0 Brings Polar Heart Rate Monitor Data Analysis to Macintosh

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteStuart Tevendale reports that iSMARTtrain Version 2.0 is now available. This $40.00 program is a fitness training log for the Apple Macintosh platform, with versions coming soon for Windows and Linux. iSMARTtrain interfaces with the Polar S610, S625x, S710, S720, S725, S810, Xtrainer, or Accurex II heart rate monitors. Pre-existing data…