Operation Gadget
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Why is it So Difficult to Buy a Treo 600 That Runs on T-Mobile?
Reading Time: 2 minutesMy wife may be in the market for a new smartphone. She’s a pediatric resident at a hospital in Central New Jersey where she uses: a late-model TDMA Nokia mobile phone, a Research in Motion 950 wireless handheld, and a Palm V Handheld. She runs an application called ePocrates on her Palm…
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-F1S is Hard to Tell Apart from Leica D-Lux
Reading Time: 2 minutesLast week, CNET published an article called Separated at birth: bargains on cloned products, which examines similar electronic products that are available from more manufacturer at different price points. The article lists similar products in the following categories: portable DVD players, plasma TVs, front projectors, headphones, DVD recorders, and digital cameras. I…
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Sixth Tour de France Victory by Lance Armstrong Speaks for Itself
Reading Time: 2 minutesI feel that an article summarizing Lance Armstrong’s victory in the 2004 Tour de France is overdue on Operation Gadget. My explanation for not publishing it sooner is as follows: Armstrong’s victory became so decisive as the Pyrenees gave way to the Alps that I felt like I was repeating myself. I…
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Chris Carmichael Signing “Food for Fitness” in Freehold, NJ on July 31
Reading Time: < 1 minuteEarlier today, I learned that Chris Carmichael will appear at the new Galyans Sports & Outdoors in Freehold, NJ on Saturday, July 31, 2004, from 1:00 to 3:00pm. Carmichael will be signing his new book Chris Carmichael’s Food for Fitness which debuted last week and has already rocketed to Number 6…
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Alex Trautwig, Son of OLN Commentator, Captures Key Tour Moments
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAlex Trautwig, son of Outdoor Life Network anchor Al Trautwig, had a front row seat at many of the critical stage finishes of the 2004 Tour de France. Alex published a number of extremely well-composed, high resolution digital photos of the Tour de France Heads of State on the Carmichael Training…
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Suggestions for Finding a LiveStrong Yellow Wristband Outside the United States
Reading Time: 2 minutesLiveStrong Yellow Wristbands can be ordered from the Discovery Channel On-Line Store by customers in Canada and the United Kingdom. In other countries, buy from the Lance Armstrong Foundation On-Line Store. Over the last few days, thousands of visitors have come to Operation Gadget from Google and other major search engines, looking…
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July 19 – 25, 2004 Weekly Summary
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is the Operation Gadget weekly summary for the third week of July 2004. 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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NFL and Motion Picture Industry Trying to Block TiVo-to-Go
Reading Time: 2 minutesPVRblog reported on the preemptive attempt by the National Football League and the Motion Picture Association of America to stop the marketing of TiVo-to-Go, a product that has not hit the market yet, despite the fact that products such as the Microsoft Portable Media Center and PC-based video recording software that are…
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WSJ View of AirPort Express is Slightly Negative
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn the latest Personal Technology column in the Wall Street Journal, Walter Mossberg reviews the Apple AirPort Express and comes away disappointed with its performance. Unlike a few people editing gadget-oriented websites, I have a great deal of respect for Mossberg’s opinion, because I know that he is writing for a readership…