Gadgetory

hello I'm Tom Merritt editor from cnet.com and welcome to road warrior where we take a look at the hottest gadgets for life on the go coming up a BMW with bluetooth a GPS device with movies and music and a big screen for your iPod let's start with the averatec 30 360 laptop weighing in at only 4 point 4 pounds for a cheap laptop it has some cool features of course this is a budget machine so you're not gonna get a lot of bells and whistles however I do want to note that the speaker's although they're a little strangely positioned right here have a really clear sound if they don't get very loud but as opposed to the tinny sound that you get for most laptops these are actually quite good also there is a Wi-Fi on/off switch above the keyboard which is really convenient for turning the radio on and off and saving your battery the 3360 also comes with a DVD burner nice touch of Varitek next up the Memorex I flip turns that little iPod window into a big screen this is the way it works press this thing to flip this cartridge up and this iPod just sits right in here you click it in here you can also get a 32 gigabyte adapter in the package and as you can see the screen is about 480 by 232 native resolution it's bigger the experience is definitely under you better with the iPod no need to drop hundreds of dollars on a DVD player long as you've already dropped hundreds of dollars on the iPod and the I flip but the iPod can't do GPS the Meo h 610 can it's a GPS device and more reason though I have it it's because it is an mp3 player and a video player as well and this is something that you actually could fit in your pocket the design is really nice it's dominated by the central touchscreen here and you can either use your finger to navigate around it or it comes with this handy little stylus on a wrist strap the design is is really sleek and it's got the start button on this side and power button on the top and then on the side you even have an SD card slot for adding more memory which you most certainly will want to do if you're going to be playing music and videos on the thing Jasmine says she had a little trouble getting the GPS to lock on in downtown San Francisco but elsewhere it was fine finally Brian coolly jumps inside the BMW 335i has a good stereo with the option for XM radio and an auxiliary device but that's not what got Brian excited now aside from those audio options we've also got an interesting treasure trove of tech under the menu button over here on the right when I hit that the first selection I see is the phone and that gives me access to the bluetooth menu pairing my trio 652 this car was very easy without even consulting the manual that's the test I like to give any car we drive Brian also loved the Bluetooth interface on the 335i that's it for this edition of road warrior I'm Tom Merritt check back next time for more gadgets that keep you armed and dangerous' ly productive