Windows Phone Thoughts: The Smaller Things Get, The More I Seem To Take With Me

The list of things I take with me when going out of town seems to grow as time wears on, despite devices like the Pocket PC that make my life simpler. Why? Well, I can't just take my Pocket PC for my mobile computing needs. At a minimum I need my cell phone, a bluetooth enabled Nokia 3650, and Sony earbuds. Of course depending on how much travel I'll be doing and how long I'll be gone, I'll need the charger for each one. If I am going to be gone more than two days, I'll generally take my iPAQ's CF sleeve and the modem, just in case. If for some reason I am out of service via my cell phone, I can live without data access for 24-48 hrs. Beyond that, no. While I've got my CF sleeve, I might as well pack my Socket WiFi card and CAT5 (wired) ethernet card just in case there is some sort of broad band access. Gone for more than 3-4 days? Well, then the Stowaway keyboard and iPAQ 3800/3900 series adapter goes too, as well as my spare 128MB SD card and 256MB CF card, both crammed with music to supplement whatever I have loaded on my 512MB SD card. I'll take my external portable speakers too. Oh yeah, the charger for those as well. :roll:

So anything over 3 days and I have 3 chargers, a Pocket PC, cell phone, keyboard, speakers, CF sleeve, several memory cards, enough cabling to rewire a car should the need arise, a modem, two ethernet cards and a few other things I haven't mentioned.

I just hope I don't need to do any serious Office work. Then the laptop goes, along with another charger, its WiFi card... Somehow, 10 years ago I managed to get work done out of the office with a pen and paper.

What do you take with you when you leave, either for personal or pleasure?