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LIKE MANY business travelers, analyst Andrew Seybold becomes a power user on the road. He totes an alphanumeric pager, a wireless electronic-mail device, Motorola, Inc.'s 3.1ounce StarTac telephone and a Compaq Computer Corp. Armada notebook.
Part of Seybold's job as editor of the Boulder Creek, Calif.-based newsletter Andrew Seybold's Outlook is rummaging through hundreds of handheld devices and notebooks and picking the best.
But for many users, picking and choosing the latest and greatest from a drawer-full of gadgets and a passel of new laptops is part of the fun, whether they are status-seeking salespeople or function-demanding systems analysts.
So what's hot?
To start with, two-way pagers, wireless modems, personal digital assistants (PDA), Windows CE handheld PCs and mininotebooks.
At the top of that pack for many hip road warriors is U.S. Robotics' $400 PalmPilot Professional, a pocket-size PDA used for taking quick notes and managing telephone numbers and appointments.