"John is a sales representative selling tools to garden centres and DIY stores. He travels over 1000 miles a week to see new and existing clients. For the past 20 years he has carried around a large diary, an address book, a large road atlas and numerous A-Zs as well as numerous small coins for phones. He prides himself on his punctuality, but even he is occasionally late as he struggles to find a new client or is delayed by traffic. He always takes along a calculator, and a bulky sales catalogue with the latest price lists and order forms. He is usually on the road four days a week, six hours a day and spends every Friday in the office ensuring all his administration and sales are handled properly. He has always said he quite likes the time spend in his car between appointments, as it is his time when he can listen to CDs undisturbed. "
He could for a start seriosly decrease his weight load with a few nifty modern day gadgets.
Because he has too much un-needed stuff, like:
*large diary
*an address book
*a large road atlas
*numerous A-Zs
*small coins for phones
*Calculator
*bulky sales catalogue
GPS (global positioning system) would tell him where to and where on the map he is and the size of the newer ones would mean he does not have to carry round a map and A-Z's, also there is a new type of GPS which is combine with a PDA (Acer n35 - GPS PDA), which means he can for example, use memory map to navigate around the place like a satnav and the PDA side of things he could use as a addressbook and a diary. Also with a PDA that would mean his calculator would not be needed anymore and the 'bulky sales catalogue' could be replaced with the internet. Or as an alternative he could use the iPhone, which would even add a mobile to the equasion. Plus the iPhone can be connected to his car sterio which means there is no need for CD's.
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