Operation Gadget
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SV-iP4G Waterproof Listening Solution for Fourth Generation iPods
Reading Time: 2 minutesSV iP4G Waterproof Case and Headset provides a way to use your 4th Generation iPod in the pool. [ Photo: H2O Audio ]. Moments after I wrote the SwiMP3 Underwater MP3 Player article, I leaned that a company called H2O Audio started shipping the SV iP4G waterproof case and headset for the…
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SwiMP3 Underwater MP3 Player Looks Great for Distance Swimmers
Reading Time: 2 minutesSwiMP3 Underwater MP3 Player may be just the thing you need for training for your next Half Ironman. [ Photo: Finis ]. One of the more unusual fitness gadgets I’ve stumbled on recently is the SwiMP3 Underwater MP3 Player from Finis. This is an MP3 player meant to be worn on the…
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LifeDrive Formally Announced by palmOne
Reading Time: 2 minutespalmOne LifeDrive orders are being taken by Amazon.com. Initial deliveries may take up to two weeks. [ Photo: Amazon.com ]. Congratulations to palmOne for finally taking the official wraps off the LifeDrive Mobile Manager. This is clearly an organizational tool for people who have a lot of media (digital files) that they…
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Scott Daubert Speaks to The Paceline About Recent Trek Innovations
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA fellow fitness gadget fan pointed me to an interview that Scott Daubert of Trek did with Will Swetnam of ThePaceline.com. They discussed the new frameset modifications that were used by the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team for the first time at Paris-Roubaix, new aero bars that will debut at the…
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Celebrating the First Anniversary of the LiveStrong Yellow Wristband Program
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCongratulations to the Lance Armstrong Foundation on the first anniversary of the LiveStrong Yellow Wristband cancer awareness program. In an article that appeared last week in USA Today, Nike executives estimated that 50 million wristbands have been sold. The original estimate of the number of wristbands that would be sold was…
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The Practical Impact of BlackBerry Middleware
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt seems that far more people know about BlackBerry handheld communicators and their number one feature, “push email”, than have any idea how they function. I’m using the term push email to mean that the BlackBerry handheld beeps or vibrates immediately when a new email message hits the user’s Inbox. Note that…
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Petacchi Sprints to Victory in Stage 9
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Fassa Bortolo train stayed on the tracks on Monday, and the result was that Alessandro Petacchi sprinted to his first victory of the Giro. Paolo Bettini of Liquigas and Aurelien Clerc of Phonak finished right behind him. Danilo DiLuca continues in the pink jersey, maintaining his 9-second advantage over Ivan…
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Josh Gray’s Great Photos of the Collegiate Cycling Nationals
Reading Time: < 1 minuteJosh Gray pointed me to his collection of photos from the 2005 Collegiate Cycling Nationals that took place in Lawrence, Kansas over the weekend. He got some really good photos of the Team Time Trial, including one I particularly like of the University of Kansas Men’s Team. According to results I’ve…
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Salvodelli Apparently Didn’t Work on TT Positioning in the Wind Tunnel This Year
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDuring the coverage of the Giro d’Italia Stage 8 Individual Time Trial on OLN, the analysts noted that Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team rider Paolo Salvodelli worked on his time trial positioning in the Allied Aerospace Low Speed Wind Tunnel this year during the off-season. Initially I believed it because Salvodelli…