Operation Gadget
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May 24 – 30, 2004 Weekly Summary
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is the Operation Gadget weekly summary for the fourth week of May 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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Wide Screen DVDs Outselling Full Screen through All Sales Channels
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSlate published an interesting article on the increasing dominance of the wide screen format as measured by DVD sales. This has been confirmed by the fact that Blockbuster has publicly stated that it prefers to have wide screen (aka letterbox) format DVDs on its shelves for rental and that most of…
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Cingular Reportedly Starting a 3G Trial in Atlanta
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Register reported yesterday that Cingular will be running a small 3G technology trial in Atlanta this summer using 3G gear from Lucent. The article says that the testers will all be Cingular staff members and that the test will focus on high speed data and multimedia application use. This is…
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Palm Tungsten C Provides Best WiFi Throughput in Tom’s Networking Test of PDAs
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNeed a WiFi-enabled PDA? Tom’s Networking compared four popular WiFi-enabled models: the Dell Axim X3 Advanced and the HP IPAQ H2210 Pocket PC both of which require an SD WiFi card. The SanDisk Connect SD WiFi Card was the one used for the test. Two PDAs with built in WiFi were…
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Most Public Access Points Not Listed in NodeDB.com
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn researching the Philadelphia outdoor hotzone article, I looked at NYCwireless and subsequently found The Wireless Node Database Project called NodeDB.com. This site began as an attempt to document public access WiFi in Sydney, Australia, but was expanded to attempt to cover the world. NYCwireless has their nodes listed on NodeDB,…
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T-Mobile and Comcast Announce Outdoor Hotzone on South Street in Philadelphia
Reading Time: < 1 minuteYesterday Comcast and T-Mobile announced a WiFi hotzone in Philadelphia that will be located at Headhouse Square Plaza that’s the intersetion of Second and South Streets. This is the site of a historic marketplace along Philadelphia’s hippest street and is one of that city’s major landmarks. I agree with Glenn Fleishman…
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Norelco Products on Sale Again at Amazon.com
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA little while ago, I received an email from Amazon.com that said: Receive a promotional certificate for $30 off a future Amazon.com purchase when you spend $99 on Norelco products. Offer valid through June 30, 2004. I’ve repeatedly pointed out sales on Norelco products since I started Operation Gadget, mainly because…
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HP Upgrades iPAQ h5400 and 5500 Series with Windows Mobile 2003 and WPA
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBrighthand reports that Hewlett-Packard has released a WiFi driver update for the iPAQ 5400 and 5500 series PDAs. The new driver includes support for WiFi Protected Access, LEAP authentication, and Cisco Compatible Extensions (CCX). These units also received an upgrade to Windows Mobile 2003. One question I had about this announcement…
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T-Mobile Acquiring 1900 mHz Mobile System in California and Nevada from Cingular
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn a major step toward completing the expected GSM mobile realignment in the USA, T-Mobile USA agreed to pay $2.3 billion for Cingular’s 1900 mHz mobile systems in Nevada and California. Cingular will lease back capacity from T-Mobile for use by Cingular’s legacy 1900 mHz customers who have not yet converted…