I’ve been thinking about getting a new phone. There are two features that I’d like that my 5 year old phone doesn’t have:
1. mp3 capabilities so that I can catch people’s podcasts and, hey, maybe even listen to music out and about sometimes
2. syncing capabilities with my schedule and address book. In other words, do away with my PDA which is merely an extension of the desktop productivity tools previously mentioned.

In addition to the mp3 player, I’d also upgrade my car stereo (is a tape deck and AM/FM radio worthy of the term “stereo” in today’s techie age? Not sure, that).

An mp3 player would have been a great addition to my drive to Colorado last month. Instead I had books-on-tape, none of which were worth writing home about. When reception was available across the quiet lands of Nevada and Utah, I mostly caught the radio.

One of the gems discovered a couple of hours outside of Salt Lake City was community radio KRCL. I caught a show called “Friday Drive Time” with Liz the LadyBug which is on every Friday 2:00 – 5:00pm PST.

This is how her show is described:

Base Check. One. Two. Friday Drive Time brings the Funk and Soul you know and love face to face with Hip Hop, Post Modern Soul, downtempo and wide-reaching Spoken Word. It’s a smooth, melodic culmination of sound, message and instrumentation at the end of your work-week to make you forget, help you remember and move you forward.

She played an awesome collection of music, most of which I’d never heard before. Yay for the internet and the opportunity to extend broadcasting distances!