Operation Gadget
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Bushnell Instant Replay Binoculars Integrate Still Image Capture and Video
Reading Time: 2 minutesAnita Hamilton wrote a short piece on the Bushnell Instant Replay Digital Binoculars in the June 28 edition of Time Magazine. This is the second time I’ve seen Instant Replay Binoculars this week. On Saturday, my wife and I and a couple of friends attended the Philadelphia Phillies – Kansas City Royals…
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Donik Sports Hit-N-Stick is an Excellent Tool for Correcting Bat Swing Mechanics
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn the July 5 edition of Forbes , Forbes Publisher Rich Karlgaard talks about the Donik Sports Hit-N-Stick Training Aid. This is a tool that he used to help his 8-year-old son correct the mechanics of his baseball bat swing. Karlgaard describes the Hit-N-Stick as a stick that “was about 4-to-5 feet…
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TiVo Makes Home Media Option Free on Series 2 DVRs
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMacCentral reported that TiVo is making the Home Media Option a standard feature on TiVo Series 2 DVRs. Previously, the Home Media Option had cost an additional $99 per DVR. The re-christened Home Media Feature allow TiVo users to take advantage of the following services: media server capability for browsing photos…
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Verizon Wireless CEO Says No to Mobile Phone Directory Assistance
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMartin O’Donnell pointed out that Verizon Wireless CEO Denny Strigl told attendees at the Yankee Group’s 2004 Wireless Leadership Summit that his company strongly opposes the mobile industry’s directory assistance initiatives because they are more helpful to the mobile industry itself and to telemarketers than to the average customer. Wireless Week…
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Nokia 6600 Hits Number 1 on Amazon’s Mobile Phone Early Adopter List
Reading Time: 2 minutesOperation Gadget readers know that I’ve been beating the drum for the Nokia 6600 for some time. It’s great if you want a data-centric mobile phone with an excellent color screen, very good power efficiency, and a traditional Nokia form factor (meaning no flip). Now, I’ve noticed that it’s hit number one…
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June 14 – 20, 2004 Weekly Summary
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is the Operation Gadget weekly summary for the third week of June 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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Nokia Kills Proposed Model 7700
Reading Time: 2 minutesOne of the problems I have with talking about products that companies have announced but not yet shipped is that they occasionally change their minds and cancel the product entirely. The Nokia 7700 is a case in point. InfoSync World reported on the Nokia 7700’s demise earlier today, with the manufacturer citing…
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First Run of the Season in the Heat is Always Depressing
Reading Time: 2 minutesI went for a 10 K run through the Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park in 90 degree weather. It was a struggle to get through it. This is the first extended period of heat and humidity in New Jersey this year– 85 to 95 degrees Fahrenheit with high humidity. When it…