electronic cockpit

A friend laughs at this electronic 'braintrust' in my office, that is, my car. But, along with the portable desk that sits usually strapped into the passenger seat, these are essentials for this many-miles-driving beer salesman.

Clockwise from upper left:

• Garmin GPS
• trusty ol' Palm T/X PDA
• non-Apple mp3 player (Creative Zen)
• Samsung 'smartphone' (again non-Apple)

For the long trips, I listen to audio books on the Creative mp3 player, which I purchase either from Audible.com or from eMusic.com. Audible, longer in the audio books market, has the larger collection, but eMusic releases its books in the non-proprietary mp3 format.

Not pictured: my 'hands-free' for the cell phone. Don't talk without one.