Electronic Devices to Include in Your Beach Bag

A relaxing day at the sunny beach with your friends or family can be a time to kick back to listen to some of your favorite tunes, read a favorite book and snap pictures of memorable moments. Although, as you pack for the beach, you may also decide to bring some of your favorite tech gadgets for listening to music, taking pictures, staying in contact with friends and reading your favorite books.

To listen to your tunes, one useful little piece of music technology is the 4 GB Ematic MP3 player available at Wal-Mart. It's small enough to fit in your beach bag, purse or even your pocket. It stores hours of your favorite albums, and also has a FM radio so that you can rock out to your local stations. Also available on the Ematic MP3 player is video storage to add your favorite movies, an Ebook reader, a digital camera and can even be used as an online webcam. The player has built in speakers or you can tune in privately through head phones. You can also plug in an external speaker for maximum output. This mini tech gadget will offer you almost everything you need to savor your fondest memories from the beach.

For staying in constant contact with your friends through texting or talking on the phone while catching some rays in the sun, the enV3 cell phone from Verizon will assist you. The enV3 offers a small Qwerty keyboard for easy texting, a 2.6 inch screen for reading message, viewing pictures or watching videos, the ability to record short videos and snap pictures. With a subscription to Vcast Videos, you can also catch up with some of your favorite television shows and watch mini movies. The enV3 also acts as an Mp3 player by allowing you to store songs and playing them through the speaker or on headphones.

If you are at the beach for fun, as well as business, you might want to stay up to speed with a connection to the Internet on a Dell Obsidian Inspiron Mini Netbook. It is available at Wal-mart and offers 160 GB of hard-drive space, a built in 1.3 megapixel webcam that is useful for online conference meetings or a quick chat with mom and dad. . The netbook will connect to available wireless hot-spots in the area with an Ethernet card. It is also installed with Microsoft Works 9 word-processing software for typing important business documents or a quick letter to home. For entertainment purposes, a built in HD TV tuner has also been installed. While soaking up rays, you can check up on missed emails, watch your favorite television shows or even type up the monthly report on your mini 10.1 netbook-that should easily fit into your beach bag!

For some deep sea diving or taking pictures of the water, you may need a camera that won't break down because of water damage. The International Innovations Intova SS01 Sport Utility Film Camera from Buy.com allows you to take pictures above or below the water, is preloaded with 27 pictures, is shock resistant and has a heavy-duty cam lock that floats. The camera is water-proof up to 100 feet (or 33 meters). With this sports camera, you can snap a few pictures of exotic fish, catch your friends doing silly water stunts or just taking photos of another one of mother nature's fabulous miracles.

After some downtime of playing in active sand sports, building sandcastles and battling the waves, you might want to sit down in your lounge chair to enjoy your favorite books on the go with Amazon's Kindle reading device. It is a small portable and thin device (1/3 inch) and weights only 10.2 ounces. An entire library can be available at your finger-tips as it holds up to 1,500 books! As you read the afternoon away, share favorite passages or your current book title with friends and family on social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. Not only does it carry books, but you may also store business documents in pdf form for later reviewing.

So as your take a break with a mini get-away at your local beach, you are never too far away from home or work with some of the latest technology developments. They allow you to stay in contact 24/7, review and type up important documents, kick back to your favorite tunes and even read a book-without having to worry about the pages getting wet! These gadgets allow you to always be on the go-even while you are sitting back enjoying the rays from the sun and watching the moving waves of the breath-taking beautiful blue ocean.

Resources:

Ematic Media Player from Wal-Mart
enV3 Cell Phone from Verizon Wireless
Dell mini netbook from Wal-Mart
Sports Utility Camera from Buy.com