I've been thinking about getting a netbook for when we go traveling. It would be useful to have something to be able to read books, take notes, write emails / blog posts without necessarily going to an internet cafe. Ideally have somewhere we could offload the pictures from the digital camera to. Another requirement would be that I wouldn't cry if someone robbed me for it.
I was mentioning this to Andrew and he pointed out that if he was getting something portable, he'd actually want it portable: small enough to fit into a pocket. So, along the lines of having something to tap out notes and check emails, something like an ipod touch or a pda would be ideal. The only "gotcha" to that idea is not having somewhere to offload pictures to - and that's the thing that we've found has continued to a limiting factor on our travels. (aside, I see I can now get a 8G card for my camera for 59$. Pretty cheap fix to that problem).
Maybe all I need is a pda - if they even makes those anymore...
How about an iPhone?
ReplyDeleteThat would be awesome except for the monthly cost. And the whole fear of never actually being able to turn it off and then getting screwed for roaming charges.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to have all the toys. I just don't want to pay for them. :-P
Dave Winer thinks Netbook > iPhone:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.scripting.com/stories/2008/11/03/99Netbooks.html
I don't get Dave's post.
ReplyDeleteHe's saying:
1) netbooks are better than phones
2) netbooks will shrink to the size of phones (iphone)
3) netbooks will ditch their keyboard (like phones)
4) they'll be cheap, but need a 2 yr connection plan to go along with it (like phones)
Perhaps netbooks will continue to shrink, but the current trend seems to be that they are getting larger (as he mentions in his post).
Huh?
You know you want an iPhone! ;-)
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