Hitting the road for a week or more can be daunting enough when packing for a regular business trip, but when the itinerary includes the hustle and flow of Macworld Expo, I start to think a bit more seriously about exactly what I'm taking and why. The good news is, of course, that a few well-chosen apps can substitute for destination guides and navigational help. The bad news... there's still a lot of stuff to bring along. Here are five-plus apps I loaded specifically for this trip, and a few hardware items that I couldn't do without. The Apps As many times as I've been to San Francisco, I still don't have a firm notion of the city's geography outside the immediate vicinity of Moscone Center (don't blame SF -- I still get lost in my own home town, too). To help me get around, I've tried iBART, BayTripper and the Read More

...& need to track multiple room numbers? Need directions back to the hotel? There's an iPhone App for that; Rooms http://bit.ly/5vGZeH... Read More

...Travel & need to track multiple room #'s? Need directions back to the hotel? There's an iPhone App for that; Rooms http://bit.ly/5vGZeH... Read More