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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 we've got new in-car navigation options from HP ipaq and OnStar and a new Porsche but first off new sling boxes the slingbox if you don't know let you watch your home TV anywhere you want John Falcone shows off the three new models the entry-level model is the slingbox tuner that takes it works with any analog cable or antenna source then we move on to the slingbox AV that can control any set-top box such as cable box satellite box or a DVR top model the line is the slingbox pro that's this big one down here that can actually take up to four inputs and it's the only one in the line that can accept a component HD input so it doesn't matter what kind of TV service you have you can watch it from your laptop and budget motels across the land now let me ask you something do you think GPS is too expensive and complicated OnStar thinks they have the answer Brian Cooley demonstrates there's this little phone button here on the mirror you go to that and you say i'm already route preview turn right onto powell street then turn left onto a street so the appeal of this system is twofold first of all a lot of folks don't like to play with computers and most in-dash navigation systems are playing with a computer so this is much more simple push the button tell the nice friendly person where you want to go and they send some simple directions to your dashboard and the robot keeps talking you through it the cost is only ten dollars a month added to your OnStar service and if you get tired of it just cancel however if you want to hold it in your hand you want more than just directions Bonnie cha has the HP ipaq RX 5900 PDA and a gps device and it's got this really great sleek design so it's great to use in the car you can transport it easily between cars you can use it on foot as well it's running tom toms navigation software so you get voice guided directions and text-based directions and 2d and 3d map view and Bonnie says you can also surf the web on it and listen to music finally Brian Cooley caught up with the new Porsche Targa fresh from the paris auto show this new version of the target which Porsches debuted at the 06 paris auto show continues in that vein with a panoramic glass roof which has come to define the modern Targa's and further back on the car the rear lift sup for cargo access brian says you could call it the first Porsche hatchback how gauche Brian 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 dangerously productive