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CNET Road Warrior: Hard-riding hard drive 9/1/2006

2006-08-31
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 super easy GPS navigation on all-terrain hard drive and the nokia n79 first though the Plantronics discovers 655 it can recharge off a double-a battery in your shirt pocket take a look for additional charging options you can attach this to an AC adapter or there's this little carrying case right here that has a triple-a battery in it so you can actually charge your hits at with a triple-a battery which is really useful on the road sentronics 655 hits that's not only comfortable but it also comes with an array of accessories in the package itself among the many accessories are extra gelled earbuds for different sized ears I'm a plus size myself are you afraid of GPS navigation devices I know they sound complicated they're not Bonnie Shaw has just the thing for you the TomTom ONE really simple portable navigation device for your car and it's great for first-time buyers or anyone who just wants a basic navigation system as you can see it's really nice and sleek very light so you can move it from car to car and there aren't too many buttons around the top so you won't get confused just power button here has this nice simple windshield mount that you can stick to your car the only negative is Bonnie found a listing for a restaurant that wasn't in business anymore and was she hungry that night next up Lucy's rugged all-terrain hard drive why the fancy name and it's called a rugged hard drive because it's supposed to be able to withstand some bumps and bruises it does have this exterior rubber bumper that keeps it from getting dinged on the edges if you drop it and in fact Lucy rates it to be able to be dropped from about 35 inches height oh we dropped it and it still worked afterwards just remember it's not meant to be dropped while it's running finally another in the much-vaunted nokia n series Bonnie's back with the Nokia n 73 will be fine pretty nice design it's nice and sleek I do have a little bit of a complaint with a keypad it's pretty small and there's some extra space that could have been used for a bigger keys also I've noticed it's a little slow when you're using different applications but not too bad has Bluetooth but no Wi-Fi and it also has a speakerphone and it's another one of those phones that looks like a camera from one side a 3.2 megapixel camera in this case I think we should start calling these cameras with phones pasted on the back 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' lee productive ohhara get spock on the line yes captain
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