3 Presents and Tax Write Offs for the Internet Entrepreneur

Posted on November 18th, 2007 by thetshirtnexus.
Categories: Deals, General Business.

So the Holiday Season is upon us. Time for thanks and cheer and presents… and your last chance for getting business expenses for the calendar year.

I thought I’d share three things I think are great expenses for this year.

1. Canon Digital Rebel XTi 10.1MP Digital SLR Camera - I purchased this just a few months ago to use for my freelance design work, my photography sites, and to use for product and model shots for use in my shops and blogs. I love it and wish I had gotten one sooner.

The picture above links to Amazon but it’s also available from NewEgg (one of my most trusted online electronic shops in terms of service, refunds, etc):
Canon Rebel XTI Black 10.1 MP Digital Camera - $669.99 at Newegg.com

If you can’t quite justify an SLR I offer you my second favorite camera
Canon PowerShot SD800 IS 7.1 Megapixel Digital ELPH Camera. Image stabilization is great and the Elph line is wonderful for its size and convenience.

2. Next on my list that I purchased this year (at a great rebate price) is my Palm 755p Dark Blue Smartphone (Sprint). I already owned a Treo 600 but upgraded to this when I discovered a much better phone plan which let me get this cheaply with a rebate. With the savings I made on switching plans I paid for this new phone in about two months.

My Treo has become a normal part of life for me now, the 755p was just a better upgrade from my 600 model: faster internet (faster than the iPhone) better camera, better screen resolution, more memory and processing speed.

One of the fabulous uses for my Treo is to be able to get internet access wherever I have a phone signal. I can get it on the phone itself or I can use bluetooth or the normal sync cord the Treo came with to get internet access for my laptop. No need to hunt for wifi. I’ve used it to work on my shops while out visiting family who don’t have broadband access (the Treo speed is faster than the dial up they got).

Palm(r) Treo(tm) 755p-Midnight Blue Palm(r) Treo(tm) 755p-Midnight Blue
With world-class Palm ease and broadband-like speed. The Palm(r) Treo(tm) 755p smart device delivers everything you need in one go-anywhere, Palm OS(r) device. It combines a smarter phone with wireless email 1 , a built-in browser 1 , and rich media capabilities — all at blazing, broadband-like speeds 2 .

3. And to finish this list I’m adding in something I did not purchase but would like to have… a fantastic, inexpensive, lightweight, mini laptop, the ASUS Eee PC 4G Notebook PC (7″, 512 MB RAM), Pearl White. If you own a desktop machine and would like a laptop for travel I highly recommend this machine. As a traveler myself, when I bought a laptop (a Dell Inspiron 600m which is still going strong) I partly chose it for weight. I have not regretted that decision. However at less than 2 pounds, the Eee PC has my old Dell beat by over 3 pounds and by a lot in size which makes a difference when you’re lugging around that laptop bag plus other items.

The con is that it does not have the computing power nor memory or storage capacity as a regular sized laptop so I’m pretty sure that means no using Photoshop CS3 while out traveling. But if you run a web based business like a CafePress store, there is plenty of work you can do via the web alone. The machine reportedly starts up very quickly and comes loaded with a custom Linux variant and 40+ applications and has Open Office so you can do documents and spreadsheets etc. It also has a webcam and microphone, built in card reader and usb ports (which mean easy memory expansion).

And one of the best parts is that all this is $400 including software. Yep, $400 folks.

One of these plus a Treo would make a super lightweight, less-worry-about-theft, travel team. Or you can use this as a supplement to your desktop machine at home: work on your desktop but surf on the laptop.

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