With new devices, nobody needs to know where you really are

Wynn Washle used to think he wanted to “check out” when he was on vacation. No voice mail. No cell phone. E-mail only occasionally, accessed from a hotel or library.

But checking out turned out to be too stressful for Washle, a real estate agent with The Group Inc. in Fort Collins. He had hundreds of e-mails to sort through when he returned home. His customers also wondered why he wasn’t available.

A few months ago, Washle bought a Treo 650, one of the latest gadgets that enables him to check e-mail, surf the Internet, talk on the phone and…