Further proof that the person who has everything really doesn’t.

SMALL, SMART AND STYLISH. YOU CAN’T GET IT ALL IN A MOBILE PHONE, BUT MANY OF TODAY’S MODELS AT least offer two out of three. As you can see here, there’s much innovation in the category of “smartphones”-although we may all need to evolve eagle eyes and tiny thumbs to operate these miniscule devices. New technology is also making it easier to find your way in a strange city, scan documents anywhere and get instant access to your Outlook contacts and calendar.

1

Motorola V3 Razr mobile phone

$499
Fashion comes first with the V3 Razr flip phone. You’ll turn heads by turning this very expensive phone sidewise-it’s only a half inch thick. Slightly bigger than a business card when closed, the V3 weighs a wispy 3.4 ounces.

2

PalmOne Treo 650 smartphone

$599
The best smartphone on the market gets even better as PalmOne upgrades the Treo 600. The new Treo 650 offers a 320x320 color screen with four times the resolution of its predecessor, integrated Bluetooth wireless networking and a built-in MP3 digital music player.

3

Phoenix FirstWare Assistant 2004 instant-access software

$29
One of life’s little frustrations is waiting as long as five minutes for your computer to boot, when all you want is to check Outlook for your next appointment or grab a contact’s phone number. FirstWare Assistant is a clever piece of software that gives you access to key Outlook features before Windows boots up.

4

Sony VAIO U Ultra Portable PC

$1,999
This is more of an armtop than a laptop. The VAIO U is slightly smaller than a videocassette and weighs only 1.2 pounds, yet it’s a full Windows XP computer. At the office, the VAIO U drops into a port replicator cradle that connects to a mouse, monitor and full keyboard.

5

BlackBerry 7100t smartphone

$199
Nothing beats a BlackBerry for seamless access to corporate email on a mobile device. Unlike the original BlackBerry hardware design, too wide to work conveniently as a phone, the new 7100t looks like a standard mobile phone and weighs only 4.2 ounces.

6

Targus Notebook ChillHub cooling pad

$49
Today’s laptop computers are often literally too hot to put in your lap. The 18-ounce ChillHub is a cooling pad with two very quiet fans, which pull heat away from the bottom of a notebook and get power from a USB cable that plugs into the computer.

7

Planon Systems DocuPen R700 handheld scanner

$199
James Bond’s gadget supplier, Q, would be right at home with this portable handheld scanner that’s not much bigger than an ordinary pen. To scan a document at either 100 or 200 dots per inch, you just run the DocuPen slowly down the page.

8

Aliph Jawbone noise-canceling headset

$149
This might sound like science fiction, but it works: The Jawbone headset detects vibrations your voice makes on your cheek and uses those vibrations, along with some other technical tricks, to filter out background noise.

9

TomTom GO portable in-car navigation system

$999
Instead of paying a steep extra fee for a rental car with a navigation system, you can throw the 12-ounce TomTom GO in your gear bag and get directions while driving in any vehicle. TomTom GO displays directions on its 3.5-inch color screen and provides a synthetic voice giving turn-by-turn instructions.

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Mike Langberg is the personal technology editor of The San Jose Mercury News. Email Mike at editor@executivetravelmag.com.