Webaroo also offers 18 different "Web packs, " themed for cities like New York and London and for sports, history and other topics, that come in 50- to 256-megabyte chunks to fit on memory cards for cell phones and PDAs.

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Consumer advocate Michael Shames, who runs a gasoline shopping Web site, says pulling up to the gas pump no longer packs the dread that it did a couple of months ago.

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It also packs full smartphone connectivity with the ability to stream audio tracks from the Web via Pandora Internet radio and Stitcher SmartRadio.

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