I'm leaving for Africa, where I'll be filing daily stories via email. Trouble is, I have enough trouble connecting from Burbank, California, let alone Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
For US$105, the Executive TeleKit is packed with gear for the laptopper on the go: alligator clips that connect to a phone jack, line tester, tone dialer, miniphone, tool set, and flashlight.
Most valuable is the TeleTester, which lights up if you've got an analog connection, removing the "Gee, I wonder if I'll find a line this time?" guesswork.TeleSpool and Pocket Phone win awards as the best accessories. The former spools phone cord from a compact case, which means no more typing from a hotel floor. The latter, a push-button phone, makes voicemail and calling-card transactions a piece of cake.
TeleSpool, Pocket Phone, TeleTester, and three different jacks prove indispensable in one grueling modem session.
The guides provide invaluable tips, from how to tell your modem to ignore a foreign dial tone to which countries consider laptops a threat to national security. The kicker, however, has to be the compact carrying case that makes you feel like James Bond.
Executive TeleKit: US$105. TeleAdapt Inc.: +1 (408) 370 5105, email teleadapt@aol.com, on the Web at www.teleadapt.com/.
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