Friday, August 3, 2012

Your Business Gadget Vacation Tool Kit

Off to grandmother's house we go ... to try yet again to run our businesses from heaven knows where.

If your holidays are like mine, the end of the year is the annual balance of grabbing some quality family time while keeping the lights on at the virtual shop. And this year let's assume you probably already have a killer mobile computer, a great smartphone, good luggage and a solid headset. That is: the pack, knife and M-16 of the mobile business owner. So it's probably time to look into some higher-end gadgets that promise to bring some much needed luxury to your mobile work life.

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Here are my top five better business gadgets to have on hand this working holiday season:

DeLorme InReach ($250)Boy, do I love this idea: an add-on navigational module that interfaces with Google(GOOG) Android devices to turbo-charge the positional accuracy of your smartphone. Essentially an extension of DeLorme's two-way satellite communication tools, the InReach pairs with a smartphone using a standard Bluetooth connection. Then it lends its powerful navigational smarts to that device. Once paired, your phone suddenly knows where it is even when out of reach of the cellphone network. And poof, that hilariously unreliable copy of Google Maps that gets you lost all the time might actually work for a change. Certainly thie InReach ain't cheap, but if you want your best shot at actually getting to and from grandma's house this year, this is the tool to have.

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