What’s Normal Usage?

In the past week, I’ve been gently ribbed a bit by some people at work regarding the number of gadgets I’ve got working but the best was the guy next to me on my return flight from Chicago who broke our in-flight silence with ” I think you win for the most number of gadgets of any person I’ve ever sat next too!” I know my usage is far from normal compared to mainstream, so here’s the basic rundown of what I carry and what’s getting used actively.

As you might expect I’ve got a few pieces of Nokia gear … The N95-3 is my main phone and I use the iPhone SIM as I’ve been doing for months now. The N810 connects on my commute most days in both direction for enhanced internet consumption and multimedia. It’s not uncommon to see me using the phone and tablet at the same time for different net connections (sharing the N95’s data feed). I also carry a Blackberry Curve for work and use that pretty regularly through the day — fortunately (and currently) my mail does not heat up until later in the day, so I’m left to more personal news gathering for the morning commute. I can easily move between things and often am working with two at once.

In my bag, I’m carrying a few additional phones. Currently the N81 8GB and the N95-1. I don’t actively use either and had them with me in Barcelona and I think I’m just keeping that going a bit, but I’m also a “you never know” kind of guy so 4 phones (2 with SIM cards) is cool with me. The past few weeks I’ve also using a Zune 8GB which I really like for music.

I’m packing quite a few accessories like the Stowaway Sierra Bluetooth Keyboard (awesome on planes!), 2 Proporta Chargers and an Airport Express as well as plenty of USB cables, memory cards and adapters. The Airport lets me easily share a wireless connection with everything so I only get a single charge in a hotel … it also covers another just in case scenario and let’s me potentially share a potentially limited connection in a conference situation for work.

In a related aside, I used about 1.6GB of data last month on ATT through one SIM….

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Ricky says:

3/4/2008 at 10:54 pm

My friends like to prod me when I go on trips, asking how many plastic buckets it takes me to go through security (5, usually).

While I don’t quite have as many devices as you, my normal ‘gadgetbag’ load includes:

Bose earphones
Nokia BH-501s
Invisio G5
Nokia wall charger (2x)
DT-22 tripod
Energizer EnergiToGo
Spare AA batteries for the above
N95
N810
bt keyboard (though I don’t really use it as much now since I have the N810)

I’d say on a normal trip I use at least 75% of those items.
Jonathan Greene says:

3/4/2008 at 10:56 pm

I also have headphones, a headset or two (jawbone and BH-801) as well as three nokia plugs… and a few other chargers. 😉

With winter, I can reduce my bucket by one with everything in pockets … but 2-3 is good for me. I tend to either get padded down or have my bag looked at more closely as well – though last week was amazingly smooth with 7 flights!
Al says:

3/5/2008 at 1:14 am

I think every one needs to blog about what’s in their bag now. I’ll have to do one as soon as I get some other ideas out of my head first.

As for the 2 proporta chargers, you might want to get this when their charges die out:

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.2283
James @ Nokia Creative says:

3/5/2008 at 12:51 pm

Yeah, but first we need to decide if it’s a ‘Manbag’ or a ‘Gadgetbag’, Manbag is more fun, but perhaps has other connotations. Hehe.

Lately I’ve been trying to cut down on gadget payload whilst travelling. Having said that, I did take a multi-socket mains extension block to Barcelona – no, not a travel version but your standard white household thing!
Andy Abramson says:

3/6/2008 at 12:47 am

In my bag

Iqua Sun BT Earphone/headset
N95-1
E90
N70 (backup)
Blackberry
N810
Asus eee PC
Mac Book Air
Noise Cancelling Earphones
Apple 80 Gig iPod
Proporta Power Pack
Garmin Nuvi 360 GPS
Plantronics Phone Booth Headset
Sierra Wireless USB U 720 HSDPA (AT&T) Data Card
Sierra Wireless USB U 720 HSDPA (Unlocked) Data Card
3 SkypePhone

When I get back home I’ll add

Apple iPhone
Samsung’s latest Windows Mobile on Verizon
Sprint CDMA USB Data Card
James Whatley says:

3/14/2008 at 3:33 pm

Man – reading this is like coming home…

😀
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