Operation Gadget
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Armstrong Abandons Paris-Nice Due to Sore Throat and Fever
Reading Time: < 1 minuteVeloNews reported last night that Lance Armstrong abandoned Paris-Nice after Wednesday’s Stage 3 that ended in Craponne sur Arzon. The stage was originally slated to finish in Chambon sur Lignon but had to be shortened due to heavy snow as the course reached higher elevations. Armstrong completed 499 of 1,095 kilometers…
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More Danger / Sidekick II Outage Information
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn his continuing quest for information about the Danger / Sidekick II Server Outage, Martin O’Donnell pointed out the following threads from Hiptop.com: Acknowledgement of the outage, posted this afternoon. One user reported that the system was promised to be back up by 9:00am today, but that didn’t happen. There’s lots…
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Some Sidekick II Users Lose Connection with the Back End at Danger, Inc.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMartin O’Donnell has a Sidekick II and just sent me the following email: I haven’t received any new email on my Sidekick since 3/5, I just got a text from TMO today [ that was dated ] 3/8 at 11:04: “We apologize for the service interruption. Voice calls and text messages…
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Headsets are Another Reason Bluetooth is Coming into Its Own
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLevi Wallach of Twelve Black Code Monkeys made a good point in a comment he posted to End User Awareness of Bluetooth on the Rise According to Survey. Levi said: I would have to agree with you. I recently went out with some friends for dinner who are not techie at…
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End User Awareness of Bluetooth on the Rise According to Survey
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBargainPDA reports that Bluetooth awareness is growing among individuals in the United States. This may be due to the fact that many laptops and PDAs sold in the last year come with Bluetooth on board. According to the Bluetooth SIG who sponsored the study, awareness of Bluetooth reached 42 percent in…
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Sony DVDirect External DVD Recorder is a Good Option for People with Lots of VHS Tapes to Convert
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe other day a close friend of mine told me a story about his father. His father has hundreds of hours of video that he recorded on VHS tapes and wants to preserve these recordings for long term archival purposes. My friend said his father would like to convert these tapes to…
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You Can’t Count on East Coast Weather in March
Reading Time: < 1 minuteYesterday it was 65 degrees Fahrenheit in East Windsor. The snow was almost melted. I took a jacket with me to an afternoon meeting but didn’t put it on, even when I returned home after dark. What about today? It was 45 degrees Fahrenheit and pouring rain at 5:30 this morning.…
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Nice Deal on Think Outside Stowaway Keyboards at Amazon.com
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSome Operation Gadget readers may remember that I’m currently reviewing the H-P iPAQ H6315 with service from my friends at T-Mobile USA. I was up at Camp Johnsonburg with about 10 members of my wife’s family this weekend for a real getaway (peace and quiet, no TV, no driving, and no…
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Treo 650 User Experience on Verizon Discussed on Gadgeteer
Reading Time: 2 minutesA couple of days ago, Julie Strietelmeier of Gadgeteer wrote a piece called The Treo 650 (Can a Smart Phone Become My Main Brain?). The most interesting part of the article is that she discusses using a Treo 650 on Verizon Wireless, where that handset is officially unsupported at the moment. The…