On my recent trip to Chicago, I didn't bother bringing my laptop. Instead, I loaded my presentation onto my iPod Video in a special QuickTime format (.m4v). I found the iPod an excellent tool for rehearsing my presentation. I've just done you a huge favor — you can now justify an iPod for business use! Learn how to load your presentations onto your iPod.
As for my actual presentation, it was preloaded on the conference's official laptop. I could have used my iPod if the projector had a composite video input except that the 320x240 pixel resolution would not have looked very good on a large screen. As storage capacity increases, iPods should someday feature high-resolution video that will look great when projected on a large screen.
To keep my iPod juiced while traveling, I bought Sonnet's iPod charger, which is smaller and cheaper than Apple's charger and works just as well (it lacks the fit and finish of an Apple product, however). You can buy it at Comp USA for $11.
Also worth noting, I rented a car from Hertz with a Magellan NeverLost GPS navigator. Although I had never before traveled to Chicago, thanks to this gizmo I drove from O'Hare to the John Hancock Center to the Hyatt Regency in Rosemont to the Lincoln Park Zoo and back to the Hyatt without one wrong turn.
If you travel frequently, I recommend buying your own GPS navigator, which you can use in any car, including your own. In addition, the latest models have much faster chips that can immediately create a new route if you take a wrong turn. The Garmin nuvi 350 has received favorable reviews.
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