Operation Gadget
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HP iPAQ 4355 Named One of PC Magazine’s Best of Comdex for 2003
Reading Time: < 1 minutePC Magazine has named its Best of Comdex product list for the 2003 conference. The HP iPAQ 4355 was named a finalist in the Mobile Devices category. The 4355 is a Pocket PC with an integrated backlit keyboard, 802.11b and Bluetooth wireless networking, and a bright color display. According to the…
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Mac Dev Center Publishes “Gifts and Gadgets for the Geek Minded”
Reading Time: 2 minutesMacDevCenter.com, part of the O’Reilly Network, published a holiday gift guide yesterday called Gifts and Gadgets for the Geek Minded. The author, Terrie Miller, published a similar guide at this time last year. Although the choices are oriented toward Macintosh users, there are a number of cross-platform picks. I thought the most…
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Classic Football Game 2 is a Pretty Faithful Recreation of the 1978 Handheld Classic
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI keep finding more gadgets that are available this year that bring back fond memories from my childhood. One of them is the Classic Football Game 2 from Mattel. This is an inexpensive handheld electronic football game that is very similar to the original game that was a top gift pick…
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Market Analysts Conclude TiVo is at a Crossroads, Needs Cable Partner
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn PVRblog’s coverage of this story, readers have pointed out some potential flaws in this analysis. One major component of the conversion to digital television is the elimination of the need for a free-standing set top box. As consumers begin to adopt HDTV, they will have the opportunity to replace their set…
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NEC’s First US Camphone Debuts on AT&T Wireless
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAnother thing that MobileTracker discussed recently is the NEC 525, the electronics company’s first camera phone to become available in the United States. This looks like a good option those of you who are AT&T Wireless customers looking to move to the new GSM network (referred to by AT&T as the…
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AT&T Wireless Crediting New Customers Who Experienced Activation Delays
Reading Time: < 1 minuteYesterday, MobileTracker reported that AT&T Wireless is issuing credits to new GSM customers who experienced problems with automatic phone activation. Many sources have previously reported that AT&T was dealing with a pervasive problem in their GSM customer on-boarding process. The problem began at the beginning of this month and lasted for…
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Apple Tech Note Acknowledges Battery Status Indicator Problem on Some New iPods
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI want to go to bed, but the news just keeps on breaking…. Macworld UK reported that Apple Computer has acknowledged that some “new-generation” iPods are experiencing problems with the power level reported by the battery status indicator. They did this in a revised tech note, iPod: The Battery Status Indicator…
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Rio Karma Portable Audio Player Reviewed by PhatAudio
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI saw an article on Slashdot that says that PhatAudio.org has posted a review of the Rio Karma portable audio player. I wasn’t able to read it immediately because it was slashdotted. According to the Slashdot article: … besides OGG/FLAC/MP3/WMA playback, {it} has a great little dock that syncs the player…
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random($foo) Has a Lot of Practical Use Info about Treo 600
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLeonard Lin of the random($foo) weblog has posted a lot of information about his experience with his brand new Handspring / PalmOne Treo 600. I haven’t yet figured out how to link directly to a specific entry on his site, so you’ll have to scroll down the home page in order…