Operation Gadget

Month: January 2005

  • January 24 – 30, 2005 Weekly Summary

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is the Operation Gadget weekly summary for the fourth week of January 2005. 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…

  • Server Enhancements Underway

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteMy company is in the process of upgrading several servers that we operate, so I may not have time to write much for Operation Gadget for the next day or two.

  • Are You Sure That Cingular Really Wants to Deactivate the Treo 650 DUN Profile?

    Reading Time: 2 minutesRumors are flying all over the place that Cingular will ship the Treo 650 with its DUN (Dial-Up Networking) Bluetooth profile deactivated. My question is, why are people so quick to blame Cingular? Isn’t it possible that there’s a reason that the U.S. wireless carriers have elected to have the DUN profile…

  • Lance Armstrong’s Sirius Radio Show to Debut on Sunday, January 30

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteOrbitcast reported yesterday that Sirius will launch a program called “LiveStrong Radio” starring Lance Armstrong on Sunday, January 30, 2005 at 9:00pm Eastern Time. It will appear on Sirius’ Faction Channel 28 which features shows by other athlete hosts including Tony Hawk, Bode Miller, and Sinjin Smith. The Faction Channel primarily…

  • Calibrating the Foot Pod that Comes with the Polar S625X

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’ve been testing the Polar S625X Running Computer that includes a heart rate monitior and a Polar S1 Foot Pod that measures the speed and distance that you run. In my first test, I ran 5 kilometers as measured by my Garmin Forerunner 201, an GPS-based outdoor exercise computer that’s also…

  • Polar S625X Put Through Its Paces

    Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday was the first day in about a week in Central New Jersey where we had clear skies and temperatures above 30 degrees Fahrenheit. I thought it was a good day to unpack, setup, and try out the Polar S625X Running Computer that my friends at Polar USA sent me. Polar S625X…

  • Sirius and XM Said to Be in Merger Talks

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe New York Post reports that Sirius and XM Satellite Radio have discussed the possibility of a merger according to the article, “…executives from both sides have been meeting lately to discuss the possibility of a merger…. executives have not yet discussed price. They have, however, been weighing any potential antitrust…

  • PC Magazine Gives Mac mini a “Very Good” Rating

    Reading Time: < 1 minutePC Magazine is out with its review of the Mac mini. They rate it “Very Good” with comments like this: The Apple Mac mini makes an attractive entry point for the Windows-to-Mac switcher, the Mac user who needs an upgrade from a pre-1-GHz Mac, or the user on a budget who…

  • Oakley Thump MP3 Eyewear Reviewed by Engadget

    Reading Time: 2 minutesEngadget just posted their review of the Oakley Thump, eyewear with a built-in MP3 player. Operation Gadget first mentioned the Oakley Thump during the 2004 Tour de France when the prototype was shown to Lance Armstrong. They are an interesting product that might appeal to some hardcore bikers, runners, and multisport people…