Show i Readers often ask the man behind PARADTs technology column what his favorite gizmos are Here’s his list of Picture Perfect I rarely go any where without a mini digital crammed in a pocket and my tooj of choice is the CANON OPTVJRA 20 ( mMusacimonC(m: ' about S1000) It's one1 of my fancier toys but well worth the price simply because the video quality is so excellent It's tiny but packs in a lot of Tea- turns including a 16X optical zoom' that's great for soccer games a manu- al focus ring arid a bright LCD screen canv-coni- BY ROBERT MORITZ As PARADE’S To Win Treo-fect- a My HANDSPRING TREO 600 (wMyhandxpringeom: about $500) is the ideal mobile cbm- munication device It allow s me to store my contacts and date and book read and w rite a Web brow se the It's jeot great illuminated keyboard that's actually usable along with a ' tiful brightly colored screen comes' straight tothe Treo without having to dial up and re- trieye it And'most important it feels like a phone— not a metal resident technology guru I receive a lot of gadgets—some quite memorable others not so memorable and a few that are so andusefidthattheyhave well-destgn- ed become indispensable tools in my daily life Here are some of the latest that brick— agirinst my ' ear The Treo living Cool Tool: The I'm a huge fan of TIVQ the digital video recorder that savesshows on a hard drive instead of a videotape Vou can pause and rewind live TV arid record “Season Passes’’fea- iuring every episode of your favbrite shows: Now- with the SERIES2 (tyviirirocom: about $350) you can store up to 80 hours I' ll never miss another moment of The OC ever again And with the Home Media Option t$106) I can program TiVo via the 'Web when one for ALL KAMELEON 8 (iiivti 00 remote mykameleoiucoin: $ Works with my TiV6 TV' CD play- eir satellite box VCRXboxl for " 1 playing DVDs l and surround-soun- d aktfrs Its fiat illuminated screen show s only the features yOu'need: J I’m not home Even better there are ' TOSHIBA " COVER PHOTOGRAPH R) RIAkF 1 1771 FOR PARAOF: PROP SjyUG BY tCK TORTORICIrtOIOARTim WIIIJAM PETERSES MARC HELCESBERGER ARE SHOWS WITH THE SAMSVSG AAdO THE HASDSPRISG TREOMAXD THE HP COMPAQ TABLET PC yl) now DVD players 'with TiVb built in such as the 0 (wwwtdshibaxmn $550) shown here S0-H40- PAGK t NOVKMM II 2001 PARAOC MAOAZINC ' t ' iv Cool tool: The one gariie I’d most like to have in my Treo ifI were strick oil a deserted island— or in an airport courtesy lounge— is BE JEWELED wwwasirawarecom: about $15) TicTac-Tcie- 'meets Tetris Bejeweled never fails to entertain in a pinch V!' without ' Never Miss Your Favorite Show : couldn’t Imagine ' Cool loot: So w hat to do with all the great footage Pm capturing? Bum DVDs of course! SONIC MYDVD 5 ' j ' about $50) is a great package that cranks Mnvjnydydcom: DVDs ( animated menus' slick ti- out professional-lookin- g cobl ties transitions) with minimal hassle 600 offers modem rood warriors like rite a lot of comfort for our daily battles I er ' |