Operation Gadget
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How Large is the Garmin Forerunner 201 Unit?
Reading Time: 2 minutesOne of the questions that I’ve been asked about the Garmin Forerunner 201 is how big is it? I took out my ruler and measured its dimensions, and I also took a few photographs of it next to a Polar S-710 heart rate monitor for comparison. The GPS unit that you wear…
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Treo 600 Comprehensively Reviewed by O’Reilly’s Wireless DevCenter
Reading Time: 2 minutesI like to think that I wrote the definitive review of the Treo 180 for Slashdot back in 2002. I may someday do a review of the Treo 600 as well, but until I do, I think I will refer people to Ian Darwin’s review called Treo 600: Not Your Parents’ PalmPilot…
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What’s in the Garmin Forerunner 201 Box?
Reading Time: 2 minutesI received my Garmin Forerunner 201 last week and began testing it in a variety of exercise situations. For those of you who are just joining this discussion, the Garmin Forerunner 201 is a Global Positioning System-based fitness measurement tool suitable for use during outdoor running, walking, in-line skating, and cycling. Before…
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April 26 – May 2, 2004 Weekly Summary
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is the Operation Gadget weekly summary for the last week of April 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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Memo to the Broadcast Industry: Stop Screwing with the Schedule
Reading Time: < 1 minuteEarlier today, my wife asked me to look at the TiVo To Do List because it didn’t appear that the TiVo intended to record both hours of the finale episode of “Friends”. I strongly dislike this show, but I love my wife, so I took a shot at it. After playing…
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Questionable Methodology Undermines Gartner PDA OS Study
Reading Time: < 1 minuteYou’ve read the headline PalmOS and Microsoft Windows CE Neck and Neck in Sales, but the story behind the story is Gartner, Inc.’s questionable methodology. Does anyone other than the Gartner analyst think that you can get an accurate snapshot of the handheld OS market by excluding smartphones? Doing this gives…
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The Lance Chronicles is Can’t Miss TV
Reading Time: 2 minutesI just watched the first episode of The Lance Chronicles on the Outdoor Life Network. This is a weekly 30-minute look into Lance Armstrong‘s preparation for the Tour de France. I was mesmorized by a long segment on Lance’s work in the Kirsten Wind Tunnel in Seattle where he tested an improved…
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U.S. Smartphone Users Prefer PalmOS at the Moment
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA number of weblogs, including Brighthand reported that PalmOS-based smartphones have 46 percent of the U.S. market, according to a study by the market-research firm NPD Group. This is primarily due to increased sales of the palmOne Treo 600, although the Samsung I500 and Kyocera 7135 are making an impact as…
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“Captive SMTP” Hamstrings Some T-Mobile Hotspot Users
Reading Time: 2 minutesMobileWhack reports on a problem with email use at sites that are part of T-Mobile’s HotSpot network. James Duncan Davidson reports that T-Mobile’s SMTP server, the only one that is reachable via the normal TCP port from one of their hotspots, gets confused by SMTP-AUTH information that is intended for a user’s…