Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

Cheap airplane tickets, cheap discount hotel rooms, or cheap discount travel packages all can contribute to a great vacation or business trip. However, there are now a number of high tech gadgets that can make your future trips more fun, productive, and hassle free.

The following are some high tech toys you should consider:

• A portable digital luggage scale ($24.99 at balanzzastore.com) can enable you to easily weigh your bag at home or at the hotel prior to going to the airport.

• Smartphones have become a must on trips. Not only can it be used as a phone, to text, email or IM, but it also provides a web browser, almost an unlimited number of apps, digital boarding passes, GPS navigation, and a camera. Two of the more powerful smartphones these days are iPhones ($199 from AT&T) and the HTC Evo 4G ($199.99 from Sprint) both of which require two year commitments.

• Thin, lightweight netbooks or the Apple iPad (from $499) have become very handy. The iPad is only 1.4 pounds, turns on instantly, has a battery life up to 12 hours, and supports over 200,000 applications, not to mention that it can also be used an eBook reader, media player, and more.

• Power on the go is very useful. The last thing you want to happen to your gadgets is for them to run out of power at critical moment. The Duracell Rechargeable Powerhouse USB Charger ($59.99 from Duracell.com) is a small USB male/female Lithium Ion charger than can power up to two devices at once.

• Portable hotspots have become indispensible. The Novatel MiFi 2200 (from $49.99 per month for 5GB with Verizon and Sprint) allows you to hook up to five nearby WiFi gadgets (such as laptops, smartphones, IPod touch, Nintendo DS and more) wherever you might be.

• For travelers who like to think green and might be traveling where they is no electricity, if they are trying to power iPhones or iPod touch devices they need to look at the Surge (from $49.99 at novothink.com) which is the only Apple certified solar powered battery pack.
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