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November 21, 2005

My Gear Today

My hectic travel schedule means I try to travel light and optimize my equipment for weight. Here's what I'm packing now:

Motorola ROKR with service from Cingular

I love the way this phone looks and feels in my hand. It's instant access to iTunes is really great. The best part of this phone is that I can have music whenever I want it. Carrying my iPod and mobile phone around is a bit much as I don't always need music. It's great for zoning out on the subway in NYC. Yes, it takes forever to upload music but I only keep favorite albums on there, so I put up with the slow phone upload.

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Treo 650 with service from Cingular

I finally switched from my Treo 600 to a 650 and am very happy for it. The Treo 650 is much faster and the screen is much better. Pictures I upload to it are much better presented. I loaded it with a bunch of games for those moments when I'm bored at Starbucks or at the airport. Sometimes I hook up a wireless keyboard to it and I can type blog postings or edit docs fairly easily without having to bring and power up my laptop. Email is a cinch as I download it from GPRS, and it's great for banging out that fast email on the move. Reading news has gotten better as some sites are creating mobile versions of their content, like c|net (http://m.cnet.com, http://mobile.news.com). I am disappointed at Palm's move to the Windows system though...we'll see what happens early next year when their new hardware comes out. For now, I'm sticking with the Palm OS.

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PalmOne Wireless Keyboard

This is the perfect companion to my Treo 650. I often bring this with me because I don't want to lug my laptop around. It's great for sitting at a cafe and typing up blog posts, email, and editting documents. This keyboard is very compact and folds up into a nice package.

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Posted by dshen at November 21, 2005 06:04 AM