Top 10 Mobile Must Haves
February 04, 2009 at 09:02:12 PM, by Travis Simon
Everyone loves a good reason to get their tech gear on the road, here's our list of some Top 10 items we'd make sure to look at on our next big adventure.
Today I bring to you the ultimate top ten mobile essentials. This is a compilation of gizmos that will fulfill all of your on-the-go tech needs. Whether your pounding the pavement on the mean streets of New York or taking a leisurely stroll through the Wi-Fi ready cornfields of the heartland. You don’t have to be Warren Buffet to assemble the majority of these gadget goodies, but it would definitely be helpful and you’d also be a billionaire, so that’s pretty neat.
Laptop / Phone
Samsung x630
Weighing in at a minute 2.8 pounds, this fully featured highly capable, featherweight laptop even beats out the MacBook Air in the weight category. The Samsung x630 runs Windows on the Intel Centrino 2 platform and has a 13.3-inch glossy screen, which is the perfect size for portability and getting work done on the go. With the 120 GB solid state drive you could just about run a marathon with this lappy without the slightest fear of hurting it.
T-Mobile G1 
The G1 is a perfect phone for those on the move, as it can do just about anything a laptop can and maybe more. The sound quality on the phone is quite clean, has a beautiful 320 x 480 LCD screen, and the phone is incredibly simple to use. The G1 is perfect for the impromptu picture session with its 3.2 megapixels camera, and the full keyboard makes texting and emailing a breeze. The G1 is without a doubt an indispensable gadget on-the-go.
Jabra JX20 
Not only will you be able have clean and crisp calls, but the JX20 Pura will turn heads with its beautiful titanium and black gloss accents. The devices specs are pretty impressive with a six-hour talk time and 8.3 days of standby you can go camping and not have to worry about charging you nifty little headset. With a weight of only .5 ounces, the Jabra JX20 can go wherever you go.
Audio
SanDisk Sansa e260
SanDisk, primarily known for their memory cards and flash drives have really outdone themselves with the creation of the Sansa e260. The unit holds up to 4GB of music, videos, and photos. The Sansa e260 is tough competition for the iPod Nano and with its bargain base price; it’s a tough choice. The unit may be twice as thick as the Nano, but still highly portable and even sports a minimally larger screen than the Nano. For all intensive purposes if you’re hoofing it the Sansa e260 is the way to go with easy to use interface and lightning quick upload time.
Jaybird JB-200
If you’re going to listen to headphones, why not listen to the best - and wirelessly! And, the best is the Jaybird JB-200, with 5.5 hours of music listening time and 110 hours in standby mode. The unit is perfect for on the go and has a small wire that runs behind your head and connects to each earpiece sitting atop each respective ear. The fact that the full .1 lbs of equipment sits on your ears may sound uncomfortable, but the weight of the device is equally distributed between each ear. The unit is made for running and other exercise-based activities, and the unit will stay with you through almost anything. The Jaybird Gear headphones have two adapters: an iPod and an audio jack adapter, each sold separately. Both adapters work great, and the range is a seemingly standard 33 feet.
Navigation
Suunto X10
Nothing beats a trusty co-pilot, except, maybe one on your wrist. With the Suunto X10 never fear being lost again, as the X10 boasts a built in GPS system. The X10 will not only help you find your way home, but it can also tell you the sunrise/sunset, barometric pressure and your current altitude. The X10 will help you get where you need to go and back again in style.
Fashion / Transportation Equipment
Skooba shuttle laptop backpack 
If you need to carry your lappy and all of the seemingly endless essential doodads, whatchamacallits and thingymabobs there are these days then look no further than the Skooba Shuttle laptop backpack. The Skooba Shuttle is ideal for anyone on the go, with its bevy of pockets all of you’re transportable storage needs can be met with ease. The heavily padded back support and shoulder straps make the backpack extremely comfortable to wear, even when worn for long periods of time. The Shuttle Laptop bag not only looks great, but is extremely functional as well and perfect for those days on the move.
Ambient Umbrella 
When you’re on the go, the last thing on your mind is the weather. However, you need not fear, as the illumining handle will tell you whether to dress for a blizzard or for the Bahamas. The light up handle has several intuitive patterns, which indicate whether it will be raining cats and dogs or if today is perfect today to play with your cat and dog. The Ambient Umbrella is kept up to the minute with the local weather data from Accuweather.com and it gets better there is almost no setup, no sensors and no need for a change of clothes as this incredible umbrella covers all of the bases.
Fleece 5.0 
So now that you have the mobile gear on the market, what are you going to where? Well, the Fleece 5.0 from SCOTTEVEST is here to the save the day with its 24 pockets, perfect for carrying around 24 of your favorite grab-and-go tech essentials. The unit has removable sleeve, so it extremely versatile for whatever Mother Nature stirs up out there in the real world.
Protection without a License...
The WASP Injector Knife
In this day and age you have to be prepared for just about anything. So, why not carry around a 5-inch long knife with a hidden CO2 canister that injects compressed gas into whatever the knives blade has found its way into. The CO2 canister can inject upwards of 800psi instantaneously, which will kill just about anything. So, next those lions break out of the zoo, you’ll be ready (who knows it could happen). Just don’t try and bring it on your next flight…wow, just thinking about that makes me shudder…
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Comments
jack at 13:00, February 18, 2009
no way man the sansa sucks. i got the e280 and you cant delete anything without formatting it. not even one song. on top of that, the screen has a bad res and the interface is just plain terrible. the phone, bluetooth, laptop, and knife however are very nice and i do plan on acquiring those.
jack at 13:00, February 18, 2009
no way man the sansa sucks. i got the e280 and you cant delete anything without formatting it. not even one song. on top of that, the screen has a bad res and the interface is just plain terrible. the phone, bluetooth, laptop, and knife however are very nice and i do plan on acquiring those.