Writer's Block: Gadget Conundrum

[veronica_rich]

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If you're my sister and her friend off to England this fall, apparently you don't have a chance to miss any, because you don't leave ANY of them behind. Heavy luggage, girls. ;-)

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[gobsmacked.livejournal.com]

I say netbook/laptop because I can do everything but take tourist pictures with it - watch movies, listen to music, email, skype.

I suppose there are phones that surf, email, take photos, play music etc and which are lighter, but I can't help imagining the eyestrain of watching a movie the size of a credit card and reading emails with letters the size of a pinhead.

[yoiebear.livejournal.com]

Honestly, it's not just the eyestrain that is keeping me from relying mostly on my iPhone, but the horrible international charges. Unless I pay an extra $8 international roaming thing for the month in which I will be gone (a week), then the roaming will be $3 per minute.If I pay the fee (I plan to), then the roaming charges are dropped down to $1 per minute. Also, there is a much higher fee for international data.
I figured that buying the netbook and taking it with me for internet would likely be cheaper than using my iPhone for the tech crap.