The more mobile you are, the more successful you'll be, say many of our seasoned travel vets. Pack your laptop case with the following super-useful gadgetry, and you'll be among the road-warrior elite, ready for almost any electronic situation you'll encounter.
THEATER GOGGLES: Olympus Eye-Trek FMD-200 resemble oversize sunglasses, but let you view DVDs on a virtual 52-inch screen. $499; www.olympus.com

PDA: Toshiba e570 with two expansion slots, built-in voice recording, MP3, 64MB of memory, and all other PDA functions. $569; www.pda.toshiba.com. Or, try Compaq's iPAQ 3835 (NS). $599; www.compaq.com

HEADPHONES: Bose QuietComfort filters out background noise and adapts to almost every headphone- specific appliance. $299; www.bose.com

USB MOBILE PHONE CHARGER: A unique little addition to your laptop case is APC's Ericsson mobile phone charger, which conveniently plugs into your USB port. $25; www.apc.com

USB HUB: To connect mouse, light, and anything else you please at the same time, use Belkin's pager-size four-port pocket hub. $60; www.belkin.com

POWER OUTLET ADAPTER: The Franzus All-in-One Adapter Plug contains four outlet configurations and covers a slew of countries. $20; www.franzus.com

TRAVEL MOUSE: The minuscule Atek Super Mini Optical Mouse lets you forgo the track pad. $50; www.atek.com

MINI SCANNER: The QuickLink Pen lets you copy wine labels or boring documents with equal ease, up to 1,000 pages' worth in a device the size of a highlighter. $130; www.amazon.com