Operation Gadget
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Satellite Radio Unit Sales are Increasing
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOn Saturday, The Washington Post reported that Satellite Radio unit sales are on the rise, fueled by a variety of new receivers and more flexible subscription plans. According to the article: Neither company is ready to release holiday sales figures, but Washington’s XM Satellite Radio Inc. expects to have 1.2 million…
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December 22-28, 2003 Weekly Summary
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is the Operation Gadget weekly summary for the fourth week of December 2003. 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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Demand for DirecTV TiVo Units Reportedly Exceeding Supply in Some Areas
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe shortage of “DirecTiVo” boxes came to light as a result of a sad story of the death of a stand-alone TiVo. From what the author said, this will have a tremendous impact on his family, who has become used to being able to precisely control their TV viewing experience.
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SEC Filing Says Apple Computer Sold 1.79 iPods Per Minute in 2003
Reading Time: < 1 minuteYesterday, MacMinute reported that Apple Computer’s 10K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission indicates that they sold 939,000 iPods in their 2003 fiscal year. That works out to 1.79 iPods per minute, or one iPod every 34 seconds. A lot of consumer electronics companies would kill for portable audio sales…
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NY Times Compares Satellite Radio Systems
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLast week, The New York Times Circuits Column reported on satellite radio systems provided by XM Satellite Radio and SIRIUS. David Pogue loves satellite radio, despite the fact that it’s another service with another monthly service fee: The result is a strange, intriguing hybrid sound source. Thanks to the lack of…
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December 15-21, 2003 Weekly Summary
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is the Operation Gadget weekly summary for the third week of December 2003. 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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ZDNet Compares the 20GB iPod to its Competitors
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMartin O’Donnell passed along this comparison chart of the Apple iPod 20 Gigabyte model and its main competitors, the iRiver iHP-120, the Samsung Napster YP-910GS, the 15 Gigabyte Dell Digital Jukebox DJ, and the Creative Nomad Jukebox Zen NX. The chart was created by ZDNet. We had a long discussion the…
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Tom’s Hardware Favorably Reviews Logitech Quickcam Orbit
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTom’s Hardware published a very helpful review of the Logitech QuickCam Orbit. I guess the reviewer really likes this webcam, because he begins the review as follows: Simply put, the Logitech QuickCam Orbit is a superb high-end Webcam which stands out from the rest thanks to amazing technical innovations, for less…
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MobileWhack Explains How to Get Nokia 60 Series Apps to Use MMC Memory
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRael Dornfest wrote an article for MobileWhack explaining how to make your Nokia 60 Series phone fully utilize MMC expansion memory. As Dornfest says: You need to be sure that your phone is using the MMC card rather than its onboard storage for about anything it’s installing or saving. The Series…