Gadgets and Gear


18

Nov

Powermat Travel CaseTired of tangled wires and mismatching power plugs?

Gadget guy Phil Baker tests out the new generation of power mats, where your portable electronic devices can sit in one place and charge up neatly and efficiently whether in a hotel, office or at home.

Accompanying all of our elegant portable devices are very inelegant ways of keeping them charged: ugly power adapters that seem like afterthoughts, tangled wires and too-few outlets.

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16

Nov

KeyboardForget Furby or Tickle Me Elmo—the trendy holiday gift this season is free Wi-Fi.

Delta Air Lines is teaming up with eBay to provide free wireless on more than 250 of its domestic aircraft from November 24-30.

Keep reading to find out how you can find a flight and airport with free Wi-Fi this holiday season …

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11

Nov

PDA IllustrationFree Wi-Fi to all, and to all a good flight! Google is getting into the holiday spirit by picking up the wireless tab at airports for holiday travelers from now through January 15.

The Internet search giant announced today that it is working with various wireless service companies to provide free Wi-Fi at 47 participating airports.

Is your airport on the list? Keep reading to find out …

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02

Nov

The number of travel-related applications for smartphones is downright staggering, and many of them can really help the travel process. But are you sure you’re not paying through the roof to use them?

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15

Oct

There are thousands of applications for smartphones, but which ones are actually helpful for travelers? Here are a few that can really come in handy… or are just downright funny.

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12

Oct

Business travel luggageIn a follow up to his review of rolling briefcases for business travelers, gadget and gear guy Phil Baker road-tested a few more options for gadget-heavy business travelers.

Find out which ones make the cut, and which ones are better left at home.

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14

Sep

Slim rolling briefcaseDespite the fact that computers keep getting lighter and smarter, we seem to be dragging more and more stuff when we travel.

As a result, the rolling briefcase has become one of the most popular pieces of luggage for business travelers.

Join Phil Baker, our resident gadget guru, as he examines some of the top travel-friendly rolling suitcases for business travel.

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10

Sep

BackpackingAfter journeying around Eastern Europe for two months, Dara Bramson returned with one obsession: backpacks.  

Yes, she did just return from traveling. And no, she doesn’t know when she’ll be backpacking again.  

But as any budget traveler knows, using the wrong bag can result in a miserable experience, so she embarked on a quest to find the right one.

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