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...Legend, which is supposed to start shipping to retail stores this week, weighs a mere 5.3 oz. and has an "electronic bread crumb" feature called TracBack, which lets you retrace your route to your starting point. But the Legend's tiny memory--8 MB--means that for a big city like New York, you can't fit much more than street-level maps. Those are fine for finding an address, but don't expect them to recommend a good Uzbeki barbecue joint. For that, the Geode showed more promise. You can add as much as 128 MB of memory...
...Thanks to the Palm operating system, the Treo handles scheduling, contact lists and personal notes with the alacrity of your trusty pocket computer. It comes with 16 MB of memory, so it can store and run several of the 12,000-plus software programs and games available for the Palm platform. The Treo syncs readily with computers via standard USB connections. You can carry your complete contact list, either Microsoft Outlook or Palm Desktop address books, wherever...
CONCERTMASTER In the spirit of man's everlasting quest to stuff bigger things into smaller packages, Intel has succeeded in packing 128 MB of memory into its tiny new portable digital audio player, the Intel Pocket Concert ($300). That's twice as much memory as its nearest competitors, most of which sell for about the same price. The Pocket Concert plays files in Windows Media and MP3 formats; of course, TIME neither condones nor encourages the use of unauthorized or pirated digital music...
...list of devices, such as cell phones and personal digital assistants, that moonlight as MP3 players. Samsung's new Digimax 35 ($200) takes digital still photos, plays MP3s stored on a CompactFlash memory card and works as a Web camera. The resolution is passable, but the 8-MB memory card that comes with the unit is barely enough to hold one or two songs. Also, there's no LCD screen for previewing pictures. Maybe this multitasking camera is spreading itself a little too thin...
...remembering dozens of numbers and surfing the Web weren't enough, wireless phones can now play music, thanks to MP3 player accessories. Ericsson's sleek, brushed-metal MP3 player ($199 at ericssonus.com is designed to work with three of its newest phones. It plays MP3s stored on tiny 32-MB disks, which can hold 30 minutes of music. When a call comes in, the music stops and the earphones do double duty as a hands-free earpiece and mike. A cell phone's work is never done...