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Is This How to Carry Your Gadgets?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the dear-god-I-hope-not dept.

mightypie writes "What's the best way of carrying a Visor Prism, mobile phone, cybertool, digital camera, wallet & keys? I just don't like the vest solution Somebody here must have the solution" That is the most disturbing ad I've seen. Someday my phone/camera/pda/mp3 player will be one tiny happy box. As it stands my solution is baggy pants w/ big pockets.

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  1. Convergence is... by DougM · · Score: 4, Funny

    Follow the lead of the mobile telecoms industry: take a crud phone and add an awful PIM.

    May not do the job, but it sure helps keep the trousers up.

  2. As wired as I am? Hard to believe by bravehamster · · Score: 5, Funny
    A vest as wired as you are!

    So they finally agreed to put in the Mountain Dew Camelbak? Excellent news! Now I can finally get a look at this "outside" that everyone keeps talking about.

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    ---- El diablo esta en mis pantalones! Mire, mire!
  3. "A vest as weird as you are" ;) by Telcontar · · Score: 4, Funny

    I just couldn't help misreading their ad slogan :^)

  4. make a fashion statement! by i0lanthe · · Score: 5, Funny

    My solution is a nice-looking yet deceptively large purse. ...'course, I suppose this is one of those times when it helps to be female.

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    "The Crystal Wind is the Storm, and the Storm is Data, and the Data is Life"
  5. The Doctor's coat? by blair1q · · Score: 4, Funny

    I mean, it's obvious.

    Even if you only need room for a sonic screwdriver, a bag of jelly babies, and a key to the TARDIS.

    --Blair

  6. eHolster to the rescue! by jchristopher · · Score: 4, Funny
    Allright, you asked for it --> the eHolster.

    By the way, I can't imagine that wearing one of these would be better than the vest solution you mention... but at least it exists.

    Please buy one, so we can all laugh at you.

  7. Velcro. Lots and Lots of Velcro. by ColGraff · · Score: 4, Funny

    I sewed a huge segment of velcro onto the left sleeve of my jacket and a couple of informal shirts. I originally tried the self-adhesive velcro, but that stuff tends not to handle the washing machine very well. Anyway, the velcro is all along my forearm, and I used the self-adhesive stuff on the back of my Mako, Palm3C, and Jornada, as well as a few remote controls and my walkman. It looks a little odd, but I can do one-handed tasks very easily on my arm, and I always have whatever's on my velcro shirt scrolling weather, reminders, whatever. I'm planning to get a blackberry so I can have constant stock updates on my arm. I could just get a watch with text-messaging, but I hate the tiny screens.

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    I'm the stranger...posting to /.
  8. For the Scotsman in you by tb3 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Here, try this. Go on, I date you.

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    www.lucernesys.comHorizon: Calendar-based personal finance

  9. How to carry your gadgets? by unitron · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, if the Batman utility belt isn't an acceptable option, you'll just have to rely on a faithful sidekick who can also provide comic relief and draw minority viewers.

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    I see even classic Slashdot is now pretty much unusable on dial up anymore.

  10. Re:The solution by thanq · · Score: 4, Funny
    cell phone, my wallet, my mini-maglight, my car keys, my house keys, my airplane keys, my passport and green card, and other miscellaneous shit

    I thought that they were issuing all those things in a Casio watch. Oh wait.. this is not James Bond...

  11. I see a problem brewing... by alexburke · · Score: 4, Funny

    As it stands my solution is baggy pants w/ big pockets.

    Well, Rob, I can see precisely one flaw in your solution:

    Best Buy Security Guard: Excuse me, sir. I'd like a word with you.

    Rob Malda: Me?

    Best Buy Security Guard: Yes, you. Please empty out your pockets onto this table.

    Rob Malda: Okay. [empties them out]

    Best Buy Security Guard: Uh-huh. A Visor Prism, an iPaq, two cell phones, a pager, a 256MB CompactFlash card, and a package of AA batteries.

    Rob Malda: But they're mine!

    Best Buy Security Guard: You were hoping they'd be yours.

    Rob Malda: No, they're really mine! I bought them! Well, in actual fact, I didn't buy them--

    Best Buy Security Guard: Now we're getting somewhere.

    Rob Malda No, no! My employer, Andover.Net -- uhh, make that VA Linux -- bought them for me!

    Best Buy Security Guard: Can't even keep your story straight, eh, sonny?

    Rob Malda: Don't you know who I am? I'm Commander Taco! Haven't you ever heard of Dave Barry?!

    Best Buy Security Guard: Uh-huh. Sit here until the real police arrive...