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		<title>Unpacking the gadget bag!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2007 21:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chippy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We (that&#8217;s me, VIA and a PR company) had&#160;tried to plan a crossing-the-line press meeting today but as it turns out, everyone is at IFA and no-one was available. It was&#160;a little disappointing but seeing as it was raining, I&#8217;m not bitter! I took the chance to jump on a train home and start the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We (that&#8217;s me, VIA and a PR company) had&nbsp;tried to plan a crossing-the-line press meeting today but as it turns out, everyone is at IFA and no-one was available. It was&nbsp;a little disappointing but seeing as it was raining, I&#8217;m not bitter! I took the chance to jump on a train home and start the process of writing-up the project. The first think to do was unpack those smelly socks and make sure I had everything listed for anyone that might be interested in the future. The gadget bags were the most important bit unless you want to see a picture of my wash bag. No? Thought not.</p>
<p>It&nbsp;was a well-refined 10-day gadget bag I had with me on the Solar-UMPC tour so as I unpacked a few hours ago, I took the opportunity to update the pack list (Google <a href="http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=p-f9KXpFsbqjxDZYH2EZtWQ&amp;hl=en">spreadsheet available here</a>.) and&nbsp;take photos of the solar setup and the computing setup I used when I was out.</p>
<p>First, here&#8217;s the solar setup. Most of it is explained in previous posts (see <a href="http://www.solar-umpc.com/2007/06/sunlinq-25w-and-tekkeon-power-bank-work.html">this one</a> and <a href="http://www.solar-umpc.com/2007/06/video-how-to-use-solar-panel-to-power.html">this how-to</a> for example) but maybe this picture helps to simplify how I was using the devices.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.solar-umpc.com/files/images/Unpackingthegadgetbag_1491D/solarsetup3.jpg"><img height="293" src="http://www.solar-umpc.com/files/images/Unpackingthegadgetbag_1491D/solarsetup_thumb1.jpg" width="399"></a></p>
<p>The second picture shows the computing setup including the all-important gadget of the week, the&nbsp;USB LED lamp! The mobile phone and UMPC worked well together as a communication suite. The phone took primary role as email reader, music/radio and twitter&nbsp;interface with the UMPC performing the more creative roles with the map updates, blog entries, photo editing and geo-tagging.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.solar-umpc.com/files/images/Unpackingthegadgetbag_1491D/solarsetup24.jpg"><img height="300" src="http://www.solar-umpc.com/files/images/Unpackingthegadgetbag_1491D/solarsetup2_thumb2.jpg" width="397"></a>&nbsp;</p>
<p>The computing set-up was really good and apart from reducing cables and improving software, there isn&#8217;t much i&#8217;d change in terms of components. The solar setup will defaintely need improving though and as I mentioned in <a href="http://www.solar-umpc.com/2007/08/mathematics-sunburn-and-how-12kw-of.html">this post</a> about the inefficiencies, I have already made some notes about how I would improve it. I&#8217;ll be going through my recommendations for the computing and solar setups in later posts.</p>
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