Gadget Freak
Now all the plans are in place, the fights are all booked, bribes exchanged and visas on their way I reckon I’ve earned some time to get myself travel gadgeted up. A lot’s changed even in those 10 years from that heady, some would say foolhardy attempted Africa trip. We all know you can’t move for internet cafes in any discerning backpacker\tourist hot spot but get out of those places and your daily fix of facebook can be hard to come by. Here at home, mobile internet is everywhere and anyone can get a web phone and access for next to nothing. Outside your home country, it’s a very different matter with roaming data packages hugely expensive for long trips and typing on a keyboard ment to send “u r gr8 txt me l8r” and “lol” is just silly. iPhone\iPod Touch is a great invention but that wiley Mr Apple really doesn’t want his ipod\phone sales hitting his laptop sales so isn’t going anywhere near offering usb or keyboard connectivity – although we all know it’s so temptingly possible. I’ve searched high and low and even read some blogs about that debate! In the next few days I’m going to try to put together what I’ve found from some pretty extensive research on loads of things from connectivity and power to cameras and computery things. For those of us wanting to send that video you took of meeting Britney on the top of Mount Everest back to base camp before that paparazzi’s huskies get him back to the local Starbucks or for those of us just wanting to use those long bus journeys getting your latest blog or photos ready for upload. I’ll see what I can do!
