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Jewish World Review Nov. 9, 2007 / 27 Mar-Cheshvan 5768 Computing in Amman: What to Bring By Mark Kellner http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | AMMAN, Jordan -- When you go to the capital of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, don't forget your sunscreen, even in November. There's a strong sun here, evident in even a few moments out of doors. At the same time, don't forget to bring your laptop, cell phone and other digital gear. The kingdom is well wired for the 21st century. Spending three nights at the Grand Hyatt in Amman, I was delighted to find high-speed wired Internet service available. The $22-per-day cost isn't so wonderful, but it's better than what I found in Izmir, Turkey, some 15 months ago. As far as which laptop to bring, I'd go for something small and light. I'm carrying an older-but-still-very-useful model of Apple's MacBook, with a 13-inch widescreen display and enough horsepower to handle various tasks. I could just as easily have packed Fujitsu's T-2010 tablet PC, reviewed here a few weeks back. The key is small and light - your shoulders will thank you. On the telephony side, once you've signed up for the high-speed Internet, there's nothing better than Skype for calling back home. I made two 15-minute "calls" back home to landline phones in the U.S. and spent less than $1, far better than what my U.S.-based cellular carrier would charge. Call quality was excellent at both ends, in part thanks to my using Logitech's $49.99 ClearChat Pro USB headset, released in late August. The headset is comfortable, has a built-in, swing arm style microphone, and, as the name implies, used the USB port for digital audio. The device made calling a delight. Cell phones and similar devices using the Global Standard for Mobile, or GSM, work just fine here, but forget about using CDMA phones, such as those from Sprint and Verizon. That network doesn't operate in this city, which is a shame: Sprint's CDMA data modem was a lifesaver at both Reagan National and John F. Kennedy International airports. By the way, Palm's travel kit is very handy, coming as it does with electric connection adapters for many nations, including Jordan, letting me recharge a Palm Treo easily. Travel of course brings many opportunities for photo taking. I'm using two cameras from Fujifilm USA, one a shirt-pocket model and the other a fixed-lens camera with an 18-times optical zoom, going from the equivalent of 27mm to 486mm. Full reviews will appear here later, but I'm impressed that the Fujifilm cameras take both SecureDigital , or SD, storage cards as well as the Fuji-Olympus xD format storage card. When I placed a 2 Gigabyte SD card in the fixed-lens FinePix S8000fd , it showed that I had just under 1,000 pictures available at 8 megapixels, the equivalent of more than 27 rolls of 36-exposure film. Sweet. Also in my camera bag is the Olympus E-510, also reviewed here a few months back. Sometimes an SLR camera is what you need, and the Olympus is a winner. One interesting sidelight of modern-day travel is that my electronic gear can respond to varying electrical voltages; use the correct wall adapter and the computer, phone or battery charger knows what it's getting and handles it appropriately. For those interested in tourism to Jordan, which abounds in biblical and antiquarian sites, the Internet Web site www.seejordan.org, hosted by the Jordan National Tourism Board, is a great place to start. Over the next few days, I hope to see some of those wonders, and I'm confident that my digital travel gear will come in handy. Every weekday JewishWorldReview.com publishes what many in in the media and Washington consider "must-reading". Sign up for the daily JWR update. It's free. Just click here. JWR contributor Mark Kellner has reported on technology for industry newspapers and magazines since 1983, and has been the computer columnist for The Washington Times since 1991.Comment by clicking here. Archives © 2007, News World Communications, Inc. Reprinted with permission of The Washington Times. Visit the paper at http://www.washingtontimes.com

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