Operation Gadget
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You Can Actually Save Money on Magazine Subscriptions at Amazon.com
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI subscribe to Forbes Magazine and I have for several years. I get a lot of ideas for Operation Gadget articles from it, including the article about the Panasonic SVAV100 D-Snap MPEG4 Camcorder. My subscription is expiring in late March, so I’m getting direct mail pieces asking me to renew. The…
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USA Today Publishing Top Shows Recorded by TiVo Users Side-by-Side with Nielsen Ratings
Reading Time: 2 minutesPVRblog pointed out that USA Today is publishing a list of the most-recorded TV programs by a group of 20,000 arbitrarily-chosen TiVo users. The data is being provided by TiVo through the long-standing program where they collect anonymized PVR use data from subscribers. This is a coup for TiVo in that it…
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palmOne Will Begin Taking Orders for T-Mobile Treo 600s in Mid-February
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOn Monday, I ranted about the fact that T-Mobile USA has not yet authorized use of the Treo 600 on its network. This morning, I noticed that a slight change in the Treo 600 Find-a-Wireless Plan Page on Handspring.com. The relevant text is: Treo 600 is currently available with plans from…
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Motorola Reportedly Bringing Out a Bluetooth Handsfree Speakerphone
Reading Time: < 1 minuteInfosync World is reporting that Motorola is bringing out a handsfree speakerphone accessory for Bluetooth-enabled phones. According to the article: The Motorola HF800 Portable Wireless Speaker is a compact accessory that can act as a hands-free speakerphone or wireless headset jack when connected to any compatible Bluetooth enabled device up to…
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Apple Launches Repair Program for Faulty iBook Logic Boards
Reading Time: 2 minutesApple Computer announced the iBook Logic Board Repair Extension Program covering “repair or replacement of the logic board in specific iBook models manufactured between May 2002 and April 2003 that are experiencing specific component failures.” The problems that are covered under this repair program include: Scrambled or distorted video Appearance of unexpected…
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T-Mobile Winning the Number Portability Race So Far
Reading Time: < 1 minuteReuters is reporting that T-Mobile USA has posted the best subscriber growth in the fourth quarter of 2003, the period in which number portability became possible. According to the article: … T-Mobile, the sixth-largest U.S. wireless service, added 1.015 million customers and beat analysts’ targets for 829,000 to 838,000 new customers…
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Treo 600 Updated to Support Sprint’s New SMS Implementation
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTwo Operation Gadget story threads converged today. Way back in November, I reported that Sprint was working on a “true” SMS service. In other words, a text message service that pushes messages out to your phone without requiring an Internet connection. I’ve also repeatedly pointed out that the Treo 600 is…
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Blogger that Works at Microsoft Suggests Holding Off on Buying iPods and TiVos
Reading Time: 2 minutesA fairly well known weblogger named Robert Scoble has posted a relatively long article making the case for Windows Media and strongly suggesting that people who have not yet purchased an iPod or a TiVo think twice about doing so. Scoble suggests that by 2006, Microsoft will have a comprehensive set of…
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iPod mini Favorably Reviewed in Ars Technica
Reading Time: < 1 minuteEric Bangeman has written an article for Ars Technica that compares the iPod mini to small disk-based and high end flash memory-based music players. Bangeman finds that the iPod mini compares favorably to the Crative MuVo2 and the Rio Nitrus, and is more economical by many measures than the Sony Network…