By Terrance Gaines
Required devices for the frequent flier.
1. Bose QuietComfort 20i Noise Cancelling Headphones
In-flight noise: you’ve traveled enough to know it. To tune it out, just keep this Bose necessity in your carry-on. As the name suggests, these headphones include built-in “environments” so you control the amount of sound you experience. Drown it all out with Bose Advance noise reduction, or select “Aware mode” to avoid missing any announcements from the flight crew. $299.95, bose.com
2. LaCie Fuel Wireless Hard Drive
In this post-desktop era, more people are further downsizing, ditching those bulky laptops and packing their designer weekenders with sleek iPads instead. Enter the LaCie Fuel 1TB Hard Drive, which has enough storage space for over 500 movies or thousands of images, songs and documents so you don’t have to choose between important work files and that prized media library. Because LaCie Fuel is wireless, there’s no need to sort through a ball of cables just to access files, creating more time for play. $199.99, lacie.com
3.Mophie Space Pack Mobile Storage/Charger
While jetting from one city to the next, who knows when that iPhone will get charged again? Thanks to this handy gadget, that’s no longer a concern. When there is no wall outlet in sight, this advanced storage unit is a safety net of built-in battery life for the iPhone 5/5S, with an additional eight hours of talk time, 10 hours of video playback, or 40 hours of music playback! iPhotogs will cheer the Space Pack, which provides 32GB of additional storage space. So there’s no need to delete old memories before capturing those in-the-moment new ones. $149.95, mophie.com
4. Soundmatters foxL Dash7 Bluetooth Speaker
Not looking forward to connecting your smartphone or tablet to the hotel’s less than stellar alarm clock/speaker dock? Then pick up this portable, super slim, wireless speaker that cranks out room-filling music. And just in case you miss your flight and can’t reschedule in time for that all-important meeting, it morphs into a conference call device. $219, soundmatters.com