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<a href="/article/9234"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9234', 'show')">Nokia N800 Internet Tablet: iPhone without the Phone?</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9234" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9234">Many people claim they want the iPhone without the phone part, but the iPod touch seems to have a few too many limitations. What about Nokia's N800 Internet Tablet, which provides a full-featured Web browser on a Linux-based platform? Travis Butler looks deep into the N800 to see how it stacks up.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=17" class="category">iPhone iPad iPod</a> | by <a href="/author/Travis%20Butler">Travis Butler</a> | 12 Oct 2007</div></div>
<a href="/article/8384"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('8384', 'show')">Increasing Your Cartographic iQue</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_8384" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_8384">With all the driving I do, the out-of-town consulting I've been doing, and Adam's reviews of GPS (Global Positioning System) devices, I've been tempted by GPS navigation units for a year or two - but they've always been too expensive for me to consider</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Travis%20Butler">Travis Butler</a> | 09 Jan 2006</div></div>
<a href="/article/8315"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('8315', 'show')">More on AC Adapters</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_8315" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_8315">After last week's article on PowerBook AC adapters was published (see "Comparing Three AC Adapters" in TidBITS-803), I've received several messages from people about the MadsonLine MicroAdapter and the MacAlly adapter - specifically, about the amount of power they provide.I wrote that the MicroAdapter wasn't recommended for use with newer PowerBooks (the 1 GHz PowerBook G4 Titanium, and all of the 15-inch and 17-inch PowerBooks) because it provides only 45 watts of power, compared with the 65 watts provided by the adapter Apple ships</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Travis%20Butler">Travis Butler</a> | 07 Nov 2005</div></div>
<a href="/article/8312"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('8312', 'show')">Comparing Three AC Adapters</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_8312" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_8312">A laptop road warrior's best friend - or most bitter enemy - is his AC adapter. It's the second most vital thing you must carry; no adapter, and you start crying a few hours into the trip when your laptop goes down for the last time</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Travis%20Butler">Travis Butler</a> | 31 Oct 2005</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_8027" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_8027">FM transmitters aren't the perfect way to listen to an iPod in a car, but sometimes they're the best option. Cassette adapters give better and more reliable sound, but work only when the car actually has a cassette deck (an option that's hard to find these days on new cars)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Travis%20Butler">Travis Butler</a> | 21 Mar 2005</div></div>
<a href="/article/7706"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7706', 'show')">Two Portable Speakers for the iPod</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7706" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7706">An iPod is a wonderful way to carry your music library around with you... but sometimes, you just don't want to mess around with using headphones. I travel a lot, and want an external sound option I can carry with me</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Travis%20Butler">Travis Butler</a> | 14 Jun 2004</div></div>
<a href="/article/7191"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7191', 'show')">Taking an iTrip: Three FM Transmitters</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7191" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7191">I've put 110,000 miles on my car in the last four years, and that doesn't count the untold miles I've driven in company vehicles. In other words, I spend time on the road</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Travis%20Butler">Travis Butler</a> | 19 May 2003</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_6521" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_6521">Portable MP3 players have now been around for a couple of years. The first and second generation of players were based on flash RAM, which is tiny, battery-thrifty, and convenient, but extremely limited in terms of play time</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Travis%20Butler">Travis Butler</a> | 13 Aug 2001</div></div>
<a href="/article/6261"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('6261', 'show')">Portable MP3: The Nomad Jukebox</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_6261" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_6261">The MP3 format is revolutionizing our music-listening lives. Unfortunately, for those of us on the go, carrying the revolution along has been a problem - practical portable MP3 solutions have been some time in coming.If you already lug a laptop, it's an option - but a heavy one with limited battery life, and your MP3s must compete with your work for limited disk space</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Travis%20Butler">Travis Butler</a> | 08 Jan 2001</div></div>
<a href="/article/5858"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('5858', 'show')">Which Handheld Belongs in Your Palm?</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_5858" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_5858">Folks interested in buying a Palm OS-based handheld have many more options now than they did a year ago. In addition to the eight models Palm, Inc. has introduced since the original Palm III, handhelds that license the Palm OS - most notably the Handspring Visor - have begun to appear</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Travis%20Butler">Travis Butler</a> | 20 Mar 2000</div></div>
<a href="/article/5844"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('5844', 'show')">A Handheld Surprise: The Handspring Visor</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_5844" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_5844">I admit it - I'm a handheld computing junkie. I've had an original Newton MessagePad 100, a Newton 120, an original PalmPilot 1000 upgraded to a Palm Professional, and a Palm III with which I've been happy.So why did I walk out of Macworld Expo in January carrying a Handspring Visor Deluxe?The Visor is a Palm OS-based handheld developed by Handspring, a company founded by the designer of the original PalmPilot and a group of former Palm Computing engineers</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Travis%20Butler">Travis Butler</a> | 13 Mar 2000</div></div>
<a href="/article/5314"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('5314', 'show')">Meet Me at the Virtual Game Station</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_5314" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_5314">I was a child of the Atari generation, growing up when the Atari 2600 and 5200, Intellivision, and ColecoVision ruled the gaming life of the nation's TV sets</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Travis%20Butler">Travis Butler</a> | 15 Mar 1999</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1213" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1213">[This week we finish Travis's overview of PPP software for the Macintosh begun in TidBITS-306, highlighting ongoing PPP projects as well as commercial PPP implementations</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Travis%20Butler">Travis Butler</a> | 11 Dec 1995</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1222" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1222">As an increasing number of people access the Internet via a Mac and a modem, the software they use to connect becomes increasingly important. The connection software combination of MacTCP and either a SLIP or PPP program has become popular, because it gives people full TCP-based Internet connections that enable them to run programs like Anarchie, Netscape, NewsWatcher, and Eudora</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Travis%20Butler">Travis Butler</a> | 04 Dec 1995</div></div>
<a href="/article/1369"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1369', 'show')">Commercial FTP: AOL and CIS</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1369" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1369">For people without access to a direct Internet connection, both the CompuServe Information Service (CIS) and America Online (AOL) have added graphical FTP capabilities through their client software</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Travis%20Butler">Travis Butler</a> | 14 Aug 1995</div></div>