GO GADGETS: Adam Harvey'sround-up of the latest travel gadgets
- The rubber-coated Sony Ericsson Cybershot C702 (www.sonyericsson.com, €235) is a hardy piece of high-tech equipment. It’s dust- and splash-resistant, and as long as you don’t drop it in a river it ought to survive being lugged along on the soggiest mountain hikes. Capture the view with a 3.2-megapixel camera that you can switch on quickly by sliding a lens cover. The GPS handset comes loaded with Google Maps, and a photo-tagging feature will tell you exactly where a picture was taken. A tracker feature plots your jogging route and gives a graphical analysis of speed and distance. The GPS functions are addictive; don’t repeat my mistake of failing to prebuy a data package from a service provider: a couple of days of downloads added about €20 to my monthly bill.
- There’s only one thing worse than no beer, and that’s warm beer. Built NY’s six-pack holder (Spectra Photo, Grafton Street, Dublin) promises to keep your beverage cold for four hours. It will keep drinks warm for four hours, too, but it beats me why anyone would want to lug around six bottles of hot liquid.
- Keep travel documents in your bags safe from leaking shampoo bottles and spilled duty-free liquids with dust- and waterproof transparent bags (€10.50 to €16.50 from www.ortlieb.de; for Irish stockists see www.lyon.co.uk). They’re UV-, tear- and crease- resistant, have Velcro seals and are fitted with neck cords and stainless-steel eyelets.