Palm VIIx Organizer

$399.95
This is a harried executive’s dream come true. In addition to all the features normally associated with organizers — date and address book, memo pad, expense manager, calculator, and to-do list — this palm-sized device also offers that most useful of features, wireless e-mail connectability. (Caveat emptor, however: This function only works in certain covered metropolitan areas). This makes it highly useful for anybody who is on the road and, say, has the urge to check stocks, do some last-minute buying and selling on E*Trade, access electronic maps of a strange city or just check e-mail. The PalmVIIx can hold 8MB of RAM and uses long-life lithium batteries.

Talking Travel Companion with Weather Trend Indicator

$79.95
For the lonely traveler, Sharper Image’s Talking Travel Companion is a boon. The Companion is composed of two parts. The first is a combined alarm clock, flashlight and weather trend indicator. At the touch of a button, you will hear the time and the current trend in the weather spoken in a pleasant voice or see it displayed on a flip-up LCD screen also giving room temperature and a calendar. To wake up gently and peacefully in the morning, set the four-step progressive alarm and it will rouse you with the sound of pealing church bells. The second device is for safety, not convenience — a combination motion sensor/ smoke detector for warding off thieves and alerting you to danger. Hang it from a door, a window, a piece of luggage — anything you don't want moved — and if disturbed, it sounds a deafening 110-decibel alarm; if it detects smoke, another alarm alerts you. It’s practically a guaranteed way to ward off danger — just don’t forget to switch it off in the morning.

World Travel Calendar

$24.95
This is another useful tool for the harried traveler who doesn’t just want to know where he or she is, but what time it is as well. More than a glorified travel alarm clock, the World Travel Calendar gives you the time in 16 major cities from Paris to Hong Kong. In addition, it features a 200-year monthly calendar spanning the 20th and 21st centuries and incorporates a calculator, all information being displayed on a clear LCD. It's compact and easy to use, and on the whole a handy little gadget with multiple functions.