Operation Gadget
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The Tour de France on the iPhone
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis article was originally written for the 2007 Tour de France. I’ve updated it for this year. If you want to read the original version of this article keep reading after the jump. If you are out and about during the times when the Tour de France is aired live, you may…
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My iPhone Battery Level Indicator Malfunctioned Yesterday
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOn the Fourth of July the battery level indicator on my iPhone malfunctioned. It consistently registered very high (close to 100 percent) throughout the day. This should have been a tip off for me. I expected the phone to warn me that the battery is running low, and for the battery…
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Posting to OpG from the iPhone
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI thought I’d post a quick article on Operation Gadget from the iPhone to see what it’s like. The keyboard definitely isn’t designed with HTML input in mind. Every paragraph tag takes four taps to generate each “less than” and “greater than” sign. The landscape mode works well for entry into…
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My iPhone Was Activated After a 17 Hour Delay
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHere’s the summary of my iPhone activation experience: 4:00am Saturday (Eastern Time): Finally began activation process using iTunes after a long delay while installing Windows XP Professional on my PC. 4:30am Saturday: Received email from Apple, “AT&T is now processing your activation.” 3:36pm Saturday: Received email from AT&T, “Thank you for…
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I Got My iPhone Yesterday, Maybe It Will Work Today
Reading Time: 7 minutesIt was possible to buy either iPhone model last night in Central New Jersey. My iPhone moments after I purchased it at the Freehold, NJ Apple Store on June 29. See more photos of my iPhone in my Flickr photostream. I bought mine at the Apple Store at the Freehold Raceway Mall…
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Don’t Let FUD Cloud Your Judgment About the iPhone
Reading Time: 2 minutesLet’s face a few of facts: A lot of media outlets are going to publish articles designed to provoke FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt) in the hearts of iPhone fans. This is going to continue and grow in intensity up to and beyond June 29. The motives for publishing this type of…
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WebWorkerDaily Provides an Excellent List of Franchise WiFi Locations in the Northeastern U.S.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWebWorkerDaily.com provides a great list of franchised businesses in the USA that provide reliable WiFi at all of their locations. According to the author, Judi Sohn, “Admittedly, these are franchises with locations in the Northeast United States.” She goes on to describe the ambiance of the Panera bakery on Nassau Street…
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I’m Finally Working with the Nokia N95
Reading Time: 2 minutesI’m pleased to report that I’m finally putting the Nokia N95 through its paces. The Nokia Blogger Relations program sent me an N95 several weeks ago. I had just started a major new project at work, so I wasn’t able to do much with it. Then I found I needed a MicroSD…
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Gadget Links: Madone Edition
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTech Report, with Lennard Zinn – The new Madone on Velonews: “Trek has invested an unprecedented amount of time and money into testing this frame and is confident that the frame will far outlast the bearings several times over. In fact, its tests showed that the steel of the bearing cartridges…