| Last week at the coffee shop I met my friend | | | | for an Add-on Laptop Adapter, which is less |
| Susie; a woman who some years back could | | | | than Susie, spends on her monthly mocha latte |
| barely operate the VCR and the remote control | | | | allotment. Susie liked the fact that Gomadic |
| on her TV. But, my friend's come a long ways. | | | | offers a lifetime warranty on their products |
| Now, instead of being a customer service | | | | and offers a cable exchange program. Plus, if |
| representative for the phone company, she has | | | | you end up getting a new cell phone or a |
| her own business fixing up houses before | | | | Pocket PC and require a different cable, all |
| owners put them on the market for sale. The | | | | that's required is for you to ship back the |
| business is doing quite well too. Our of a | | | | old cable and Gomadic will send you a new |
| sheer necessity to keep in touch with her | | | | cable for free. Susie said, "They believe in |
| clients and manage all the appointments Susie | | | | service and for them it's not some dying |
| confessed to me over a double latte that she | | | | dinosaur." That's my gal, always one to spin |
| went "techno", she had to, and even worse for | | | | the sarcasm yarn when it's well deserved.I |
| her to admit she liked it. In fact, Susie | | | | asked Susie how tough it was to hook up and |
| bragged so much about using the PDA with her | | | | she snapped her fingers. I said, "That |
| cell phone, that at first I thought she meant | | | | quick", and she said, "Yep". She explained |
| the other kind of PDA, the one known as a | | | | how the Wireless Internet Cable is comprised |
| public display of affection. Of course when I | | | | of three components: a cable connecting to |
| teased Susie about that, she admonished me | | | | the cell phone, a different cable that |
| and told me to get my mind out of the | | | | connects the Pocket PC, and what's known as |
| gutter.Susie explained how fast cable surfing | | | | the patented "ComQube" adapter, which |
| was and again I thought she meant something | | | | connects the two cables. Instead of creating |
| else other than technical version, so I | | | | one cable for each possible Pocket PC/cell |
| launched into a story about body surfing and | | | | phone combination Gomadic uses the ComQube |
| winding up stuck in some rip tide and getting | | | | technology to create an interchangeable cable |
| so tired my arms and legs felt like they'd | | | | system.A benefit, which I told Susie which |
| gone swimming in a washing machine. Of course | | | | she didn't know is that Gomadic cables do not |
| Susie laughed and the little dimple on the | | | | require the installation of additional |
| side of her cheek flared, then she got this | | | | software drivers in order to work. Of course, |
| serious look on her face and said, "I mean my | | | | I'm the "techo guy" as Susie calls me and I |
| PDA talks to my Cell Phone.""Oh," I feigned | | | | did test it out; Gomadic's cable worked just |
| dumb, "What do you mean," curious if she | | | | fine on an HP iPAQ h5555 Pocket PC running |
| really knew what she was talking about, but | | | | Windows Mobile 2003, an iPAQ h5455 running |
| she did.Susie told me with her Pocket PC she | | | | Pocket PC 2002, a Sony PCG-SRX77P laptop PC |
| could surf the net at broadband speeds and | | | | running Windows XP Professional, and a dell |
| that it is all possible because of a small | | | | Inspirion 8000 laptop running Windows 2000 |
| cable attached to her cell phone. Using the | | | | Professional."The thing to remember," Susie |
| web browser she checks out movie listings, | | | | said while sipping the last of her mocha |
| the weather, road conditions, restaurants and | | | | latte which she said in a serious tone, "Is |
| more. I tried to do the same thing on my own | | | | that all your devices have to be configured |
| cell phone, but the web pages took to long to | | | | properly." I laughed and she asked, "What's |
| load and I lost patience.She mentioned how | | | | so funny?" I told her I love it when she |
| she went to the website Gomadic ( and ordered | | | | talks techie, that's its real sexy." Susie |
| their Wireless Internet Cable, which matched | | | | rolled her and said, "Enough lattes for you |
| her LG5350 cell phone to her HP iPAQ 5555 | | | | buddy. |
| Pocket PC and spent all of $39.95, plus $9.95 | | | | |