Monday, July 03, 2006
Travel gadgets
Ged Carroll praises Virgin Trains for the innovation of adding power sockets to its fleet of trains on the North West mainline enabling laptop users to work en route without fear of fading batteries.
Steve Rubel has found a neat piece of kit that I’ve added to my shopping list. It’s a cable adapter that enables a mobile device to be charged using an airline armrest audio socket. The power output is tiny but is reckoned to be sufficient to charge an iPod.
The one gadget that I always pack when travelling is a Vodafone 3G data card. In a strong signal area it provides a 300 kbps IP connection – even on Virgin trains between London and Manchester. Permalink |
Ged Carroll praises Virgin Trains for the innovation of adding power sockets to its fleet of trains on the North West mainline enabling laptop users to work en route without fear of fading batteries.
Steve Rubel has found a neat piece of kit that I’ve added to my shopping list. It’s a cable adapter that enables a mobile device to be charged using an airline armrest audio socket. The power output is tiny but is reckoned to be sufficient to charge an iPod.
The one gadget that I always pack when travelling is a Vodafone 3G data card. In a strong signal area it provides a 300 kbps IP connection – even on Virgin trains between London and Manchester. Permalink |
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