Operation Gadget
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Connecting Your iPod to Your Stereo for $8 or Less
Reading Time: 1 minuteOne of the back burner items at my house has been to find an inexpensive way to connect my wife’s 10-Gigabyte iPod to our stereo equipment. Yesterday, we had to go out to pickup the dress that my wife will wear at my sister’s wedding, and there was a RadioShack in the…
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March 22-28, 2004 Weekly Summary
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is the Operation Gadget weekly summary for the thirteenth week of 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 for…
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Customer Defections Beset AT&T Wireless
Reading Time: 2 minutesMartin O’Donnell pointed out an article from Bloomberg that suggests that AT&T Wireless is losing large numbers of customers to both Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile. Michael Rollins, a market analyst, suggests that AT&T Wireless may be losing as many as 10 customers for every 1 that it gains from Verizon. In some…
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Aquapac Cases Ideal for Protecting Electronics During Water Sports
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn many parts of the country, we’re already into the Spring outdoor sports season. For many years, my wife and I have gone whitewater rafting around this time of year. One of the issues that always comes up is whether you can safely take your electronics with you when rafting, canoeing, or…
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Audiovox Shuttle Receiver is an Example of Sirius-Compatible Receivers
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI noticed that we have never pointed out a Sirius-compatible receiver here on Operation Gadget. The Audiovox SIRPNP2 Shuttle Receiver is one of the models that’s widely available. It looks fairly similar to the Delphi SKYFi Radio Receiver for XM and has similar features. The Audiovox Shuttle needs an additional Home…
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Trying Out “Life Balance” from Llamagraphics
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOne of the ideas I got from researching the What’s on People’s Treo 600’s article was to take the 30-day free trial of Life Balance from Llamagraphics. This is a personal productivity application that runs on Windows, Macintosh, and Palm OS. Its purpose is to help users set goals, break them…
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Canon i80: “A Great Deal for Mobile Professionals and Photo Enthusiasts with Limited Desk Space”
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDylan Tweney of Mobile PC Magazine recently reviewed the Canon i80 Color Bubble Jet Printer and liked it a lot. He said: Unlike most portable printers, the i80 doesn’t ask you to compromise on print quality. Black-and-white text printouts are clear and crisp…. Text printed on general-purpose paper shows a little…
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Apple Delays International Debut of the iPod mini Because It’s Too Popular
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI hate to chide the iPod mini skeptics again, but CNET News.com and a number of other outlets are reporting that Apple Computer is delaying iPod mini international shipments due to greater than expected demand in the USA. Apparently, Apple’s sales have exceeded Hitachi’s ability to deliver 4-Gigabyte MicroDrives. As my…