Gadgetory

hi I'm Tom Merritt editor from cnet.com and welcome to road warrior will we take a look at the hottest gadgets for life on the go coming up we've got a way for Google Calendar to text message you a sneak peek at Microsoft Word 2007 and a literally hot ultra-mobile PC but let's start with the rough and tough Olympus Stylus 720 SW we'll greenwald shows you how it keeps working great even in up to 10 feet of water it is special gaskets ins various doors made of rubber so that when you drop this in water it keeps water out it also has an internally zooming 3x optical zoom lens so no matter how far you zoom in the lens mechanism stays inside the camera body the body itself is a sturdy metal it's built to take a fair amount of beating you shouldn't go smashing it with a hammer but this will take the occasional drop and the occasional silk it's also a 7 megapixel camera so your pictures will look great when you throw it in the ocean if you're on the go you need your calendar everywhere and if you have Google Calendar you can have reminders sent right to your phone Veronica Belmont shows you how one of the handiest parts about the Edit event details is that you can set reminders for when your events are occurring that way you can get it by email or pop-up or by text message I think text message makes the most sense because if I'm on the go I'm not going to be sitting by my computer so to do that you just enter in your phone number and then what carrier you use and of course Google Calendar is available anywhere you have access to the World Wide Web next up another one of those origami devices Microsoft was so hyped up about this one is the tablet kiosk AOV 7110 Michelle Thatcher was a little disappointed by it also notable for what's supposed to be a portable media device is the fact that there's only one tiny speaker in this lower right-hand corner and the sound is actually pretty tinny it's it's just not a good speaker for watching movies and just using it over the last few days I've noticed that it actually it's really warm which for a handheld device is kind of a deal-breaker on the other hand could make a nice hand warmer during the winter finally Elsa Wenzel gives you a sneak peek at the forthcoming Microsoft Word 2007 it's kind of psychic you'll notice that the major changes include a ribbon on top of the page that organizes your features into clustered tabs this ribbon is dynamic so it's designed to anticipate your next move and surface the features that apply to your task at hand you can find more video of office 2007 features as well as sneak peeks of Windows Vista right here at cnet.com well that's it for this edition of road warrior I'm Tom Merritt check back next time for more gadgets to keep you armed and dangerous ly productive