Thursday, 21 May 2009

Laptop or Ipod Touch !



Should us "Flashpackers" leave the bulky laptops at home and pack an Ipod Touch ?

Watch this space for my thoughts on this subject comming soon!

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Ok the verdicts in, the Ipod Touch wins.

With the Ipod and an open wifi connection, I can do emails, check the weather, use google earth, check maps and get directions, use it to find ATM's, toilets, petrol stations, check my calendar, make notes, play music and videos, check the traffic and the news.

The thing I can't do with the Ipod that I can do with my laptop is move photos from my camera, but with SDHC memory cards getting cheaper than a packet of smokes, the laptop will be staying at home from now on.

Apple will soon be releasing verion 3.0 of it's software, and that will be unlocking the Bluetooth chip that they've kept secret and disabled via software. I'm looking forward to Bluetoothing photos from my phone to the Ipod, then via wifi I can upload them to this Blog or email them to friends and family. That will realy kill the need for a laptop when traveling.

Saturday, 16 May 2009

The Lake District April 2009



WOW........what a fantastic time spent in The Lake District.
Great weather, fantstic views, long walks, and some frightening drives over Hardknott and Wrynose Pass !

Click on the title above to view some of our photos...

Links to places we visited:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardknott_Pass
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ullswater
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur%27s_Pike
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windermere
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crow_Crag
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambleside
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardknott_Roman_Fort
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pooley_Bridge
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kendal