Operation Gadget
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PowerBar Renews with Lance Armstrong, Adds Team Discovery Channel
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI forgot to point out the announcement that Lance Armstrong and PowerBar have renewed their endorsement deal for another three years. PowerBar (which is “indirectly owned” by Nestle) is covering the waterfront in this deal. They are sponsoring: Lance Armstrong, The Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team, Chris Carmichael and Carmichael Training…
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February 28 – March 6, 2005 Weekly Summary
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is the Operation Gadget weekly summary for the first week of March 2005. I’m experimenting with a weekly summary so that readers who want to receive a periodic email with Operation Gadget headlines can receive the links to all of the articles published each week. I will post a mechanism…
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Chip that May Power the Fifth Generation iPod Announced by Portal Player
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMobileMag reported that PortalPlayer announced the PP5022 System-on-Chip that some analysts believe will power the fifth generation iPod. The big news in this release is a large projected increase in battery life. According to the article: The PP5022 is specifically designed for enhanced features on hard-disk drive-based personal media players… and…
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T-Mobile Sale at Amazon.com Means Sidekick II is Available at the “Lowest Price Ever”
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA little while ago, I saw the following message on the Amazon.com home page: Lowest Price Ever on Sidekick II Get incredible deals on T-Mobile phones and the lowest price ever after rebate on the Sidekick II! The extremely versatile Sidekick II features a built-in camera with flash, full QWERTY keyboard…
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Inside Ride Super Trainer Lets You Ride Gradients Like in the Pro Tour
Reading Time: 2 minutesInside Ride Super Trainer: a $40,000 custom-built bicycle treadmill for when you can’t make it to Alpe d’Huez. [ Photo: BCI Manufacturing ] Earlier today Gizmodo pointed out a Super Trainer bicycle treadmill that one of their readers claimed was “twelve feet long, three feet wide, and something like twenty-five hundred pounds”.…
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Have the Security Issues with Sidekick II Helped T-Mobile?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA couple of days ago, Holly Sanders reported in The New York Post that T-Mobile stores in the New York area are selling out of Sidekick II’s in the aftermath of reports of the release of Paris Hilton’s personal information that had been stored on her handheld. Most people writing about…
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More Cool Info about Google Maps
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe more I look for details about how Google Maps was implemented, the more interesting stuff I find out. The latest example is the fact that Google based its mapping service on Telecontar’s Drill Down Server, a highly scalable geospatial application aimed at companies that have the skills and resources to…
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WorkoutGPS Turns Your GPS-Enabled Mobile Phone into a Fitness Computer
Reading Time: 2 minutesDave Sutter of Intransix found Operation Gadget and sent the following email to me: I came across your site Operation Gadget while I was surfing the web. I thought you might be interested in a new GPS cell phone application called WorkoutGPS. WorkoutGPS currently is available for Nextel phones. It uses GPS…