Word: skiing
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...Player to bring up an artist or album, or call out commands like "Shuffle" or "Next track." Recognition stops shy of identifying individual songs, but it is freakily accurate when it comes to phone-book entries. The acid test: we entered Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski (pronounced She-shef-ski) into the phone book and asked the Pocket PC to bring it up. Out of several hundred entries, the software found Coach K instantly, no sweat. --By Wilson Rothman
Here's what it costs to spend a week at some of the world's top ski resorts...
...France: Chalet M?l?ze Courchevel 1850 is in the Trois Vall?es, the largest ski complex on the planet (over 600 km of trails). This is the resort that perfected luxury chalet vacations, and M?l?ze is among the best of the breed: a catered private four-bedroom trailside chalet with such ski necessities as Turkish baths and massage rooms. But book soon?at just $30,000 a week in high season, it's going fast. The price is all inclusive for eight people, except transportation and lift tickets ($250 per person...
...Japan: Niseko Higashiyama Prince Hotel On Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost (and snowiest) island, Niseko boasts some of the world's best powder skiing, with three diverse ski areas?plenty to keep skiers busy for a full week. The hotel, a comfortable modern complex at the base of the slopes, offers six-day lodging and meal packages for $1,350, including lift passes but not transportation...
...good way to keep track of the kids at ski resorts and amusement parks, these walkie-talkies stretch a low-powered radio signal a long...