Thinkpad X41 Laptop – Lightweight, long battery life (8 cell), small laptop.

iPhone – Quickly check gmail, web, ipod and calls.

Old School iPod Shuffle – Small. No cable required. Simple buttons. Charges via USB. Use it for workouts and runs.

C2D HP Media Center – Home workhorse PC. Hooked up to HDTV and monitor. On all the time. RDP via Hamachi. Raid 1+0.

iBook G4- home laptop

Q1b – mobile laptop
iPod 80GB – music/audiobooks
Palm Tungsten E2 – ebooks, expenses, calendar
Blackberry curve – phone, ebooks, mp3s.

I agree that there doesn’t seem to be a device out there that “does everything” well enough to negate having individual devices for specific purposes.

Also, I like my phone to have most of it’s battery available for phone calls, so I try not to use the extra features much.

The Palm is starting to feel like the “book” that I carry around for reading, and it happens to have a little extra functionality on top.

It’s totally up to you how you use a device, in the same way that a pianist decides what style of music they are going to play on their piano. Just because it *can* edit excel documents, doesn’t mean you *have* to do that…

I have been slimming down a bit but just a bit;

15″ MacBook Pro for my personal laptop
15″ Dell Latitude D830 for my office laptop

..yes I often travel with both of them

I could probably go entirely Mac and set up entourage and a VPN client etc, but I have not dedicated the effort to that.

iPhone 3G

I now usually leave the Samsung Q1 UMPC at home or with my son, I almost never carry a GPS like my Garmin or the TomTom flavored iPaq that I have, unless its a long road trip.

For me, its all relatively simple.

In the office at home, 24″ iMac 3.06Ghz which runs everything I need, both OSX and Windows XP.

On the road, and I’ve been through a few setups here, but this is by far the latest and the best.

HP Mini Note 2133 – Windows XP
Microsoft Wireless Presenter Mouse (Bluetooth – no dongle!)
3G Express Card Modem (one of the main reasons for choosing the MiniNote was the express card slot)

I Sync my working data set via a 8G SD Card in the mini note, and carry just a small USB card reader should I need to transfer data between machines, I also use my mobile me account (working fine now!) to sync all contacts and data.

My iPhone does everything else, music player, phone, mobile internet, email etc. I also have it charging from the mini note, so battery life is rarely a problem, though I do have a Sony Ericsson w990i feature phone in my bag just in case!

All of this mobile stuff packs into my Waterfield Hardcase, again for me this is the perfect bag, big enough for all the kit, but light and no excess baggage.

It took me nearly a year to get to this perfect (for me!) setup, I’ve bought and sold many devices on the way, but I should be settling on this now.

Well that 16G 3G iphone looks tempting …..

New setup as of this week…
Dell XPS M1330 (Penryn 2.5 4Gig (3.6 whatever usabe with 32bit) Ram 320 GB HD Vista Ultimate) moved to this from Macbook – LOVE IT
Sprint Mogul WM 6.1 loaded with TomTom 6.0 with GPS viewer to utilize internal GPS chip.
Ipod Classic 160GB (primarily used in car with aux jack)
Dell Axim X51V (don’t know why I still have this)
BlueAnt Supertooth Speakerphone in Car.
I am starting to really love Live Mesh –
I guess I am becoming a Microsft fanboy again.
Mac has been passed on to the kids

Mike,

If you’ll remember, that’s what I was telling you a couple months back. When I switched to the 2133 from the Eee, the keyboard is what was the deciding factor. The Eee was killing my wrists and forearms.

I think a lot of people don’t realize the physical toll these tiny keyboards can take.

For me it is:

1) Dell Latitude XT: main workhorse machine for everything I do at work.

2) iPhone (had the 2G; just got the 3G): hope to get software for thethering to my XT

3) Sprint Mobile Broadband express card (for everywhere internet access).

4) iPod, 80 GB

I therefore adhere to Mike Cane’s 4-device “law”

The Asus 1000H fondle taught me not to settle for the smaller KBs, since the difference in unit size isn’t a killer (altho the hp 2133’s *weight is* — the 1000 is lighter). So, I’m waiting to get my fingers on the MSI Wind. J&R said they got it in, but I haven’t been able to get there yet. Maybe this weekend.

1 Motion M1400

2.Palm Treo 650

3.Dell d620 laptop for work

3a. Blackberry for work

4.HP Dual core Desktop for heavy computing at home

5. Nokia N800 for Couch/Bedside Websurfing

In the closet – Various other stuff that I got cheap or was given to me to play with

1 Motion M1400

2.Palm Treo 650

3.Dell d620 laptop for work

3a. Blackberry for work

4.HP Dual core Desktop for heavy computing at home

5. Nokia N800 for Couch/Bedside Websurfing

In the closet – Various other stuff that I got cheap or was given to me to play with

1) Mac mini (home office computer)
2) MacBook Air (primary computer)
3) Nokia N95-3 (voice, text, camera)
4) iPhone 3G (email, web, navigation, music)

I also generally carry whatever phone I’m currently reviewing (Nokia E66 right now), and sometimes a Nokia N810 (blog, IM).

I also keep a netbook/UMPC of some kind around, like my Vulcan Flipstart (which is currently eclipsed by the Asus Eee 901 I’m currently playing with).

At work I use a powerhouse quad-core/RAID PC desktop with dual monitors.

Hey Stuart,

I don’t think we mean that we’re lugging all of these devices with us all the time. I know I don’t.

For me, the only thing that I, for sure, always have on me is my smartphone. The rest is on an “as needed” basis.

Two devices is too many for me. When I go out anywhere, all I’ve got on me in my keys, my wallet, and my trusty iPhone 3G. There’s nothing that I commonly need to do on the go which my iPhone can’t cover until I’m back at my desk. If I’m headed off to class I’ll bring my TC1100 with me (soon to be an X200 Tablet, whenever that comes out…). However, I really think that the fewer gadgets the better.

P1620 – Main productivity machine
Palm Treo 800w – underworked smartphone
SanDisk Sansa e260 – for use with the Rhapsody subscription I have

Rarely taken out of the closet:
Apple MacBook
HP TC1100
RIM Blackberry Curve 8320

…and of course the desktop: a custom-built media vault. There was a time when I was bouncing between all of them. I suppose part of the issue was that when I tried to sell them, I’d always run into some sort of trouble. At one point I guess I kind of gave up. Frankly, I think the P1620 is a little overkill for me…

Did you ever suck it up and buy an Eee, or the like, Mike? Or are you still just fondling them in the stores?

>>>Eee 90x

No, don’t do that to your fingers! Really, the 1000H loves your fingers long time!
http://mikecane2008.wordpress.com/2008/08/02/fondle-asus-eeepc-1000-jr/

(Note: Your fingers, not mine, alas!)