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Geek Wish List Entries: Page 3 of 5

Davis Bailey

  • Product: Samsung
  • Coolness: Plays MP3s and has an FM tuner.
  • Company: Yepp
  • IT Value: Samsung makes our laser printers and cell phones, need to research other consumer products.
  • Check it out.
  • Features: MP3 Player
  • Reasoning: Running, sitting in the hot tub with a cold beer nearby.

Tony Augelletta

  • Product: Swiss Memory USB
  • Coolness: Because of the look on people's faces when you pull it out.
  • Company: Swiss Army Knife Company
  • IT Value: Always having a place to store data when you're out and about.
  • Check it out.
  • Features: Cuts, lights, writes and has a bigger hard drive than my first computer.
  • Reasoning: Mainly for storage use and to jot stuff down sometimes.

Mark Villecco

  • Product: OfficeConnect Wireless 54-Mbps 11g Travel Router
  • Coolness: This unit has all the capabilities of a traditional SOHO wireless router but is the size of a deck of cards.
  • Company: 3Com
  • IT Value: This product would be useful to business travelers who need wireless Internet access in meeting rooms, hotel rooms or elsewhere.
  • Check it out.
  • Features: Allows sharing of high-speed Internet access where ever a broadband connection exists.
  • Reasoning: This router could be kept in a briefcase or laptop bag and then plugged into a wired Internet connection to allow multiple wireless users to connect.

Aman Bhasin

  • Product: P900
  • Coolness: It's a solid 'all in one' device with cool features like a removable keyboard, Bluetooth and cool video games.
  • Company: SonyEricsson
  • IT Value: Replaces Blackberry and cell phone. Allows troubleshooting Web thin-client issues while commuting.
  • Check it out.
  • Features: Phone, organizer, imaging, browser, e-mail, camera, etc.
  • Reasoning: Read e-mails, play video games, watch movies and, of course, answer support calls.

Doug Herman

  • Product: Research in Motion's Blackberry handheld
  • Coolness: Outlook on the go!
  • Company: RIM
  • IT Value: Collaborative tool that keeps sales force, managers "in the know."
  • Check it out.
  • Features: GPRS cellular device that delivers Outlook/Lotus Notes and the Internet, and it is a phone.
  • Reasoning: I rely on it as a tool to stay in touch with my users even when I'm out of the office/town, etc.