Expand your tech arsenal, not your credit-card debt
Posted 09.12.2008 at 11:48 am
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Tuitions may be rising, but the prices of digital tools and toys keep dropping. From ultralight laptops to Net-connected digicams, we pick innovative, feature-rich devices that won't impoverish you.
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from Montreal, Quebec
Still think there are better gadjets than the ones showed.
- DiGGY
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How quickly the "wired" becomes the "tired!"
This quick round-up was published in September, it's November and there's already better products!
Note: "don't buy gadget technology until you're ready to use it straight away"
Nikon Coolpix S52c --> Sony T500 (better pics, plus HD video! Just add a wifi stick)
Blackberry Bold -- > Blackberry Storm or better, Google G-Phone T-Mobile G1
MSI Wind --> should have reported the $619 price increase in time for publishing, just one of many "mini-notebooks" ... not $500 ... not "Grade A"
Cowon A3 --> Any PMP under $299! (check out pmptoday or any PMP site)
Jaybird --> (covering both ears is illegal and does not meet the CA law for cell phones)
Helius solar backpack --> Any ergo backpack, just add a solar panel or Google "solar backpack" ... combine a hand-crank and shoe power ... let's talk Pop Sci!
there's better- NO IPOD TOUCH?