Having an iPaddy

In the search for the perfect piece of kit to take away to meet all my tech needs, I invested in an iPad and this trip is the test as i have left the laptop at home. The plan was to replace the iTouch, ereader and possibly even the laptop and lighten the load. It's great piece of tech but when you delve into it the limitations appear. Hotmail doesn't work in the normal way, you can't attach some things. You need to buy another bit to upload pics onto it (which then you can't send via hotmail). The ebooks I have on my Sony ereader don't work, they use different systems, so I can't download the free ebooks from my local library which I've just discovered, they have to go via the laptop, and as far as I can tell only onto an ereader. But it is a great little entertainment centre, the ibooks are really good, much better than on the ereader, and watching films is fab. Catching up with X Factor on Slingbox for mobile will be great, and best of all there's lots of tech envy as I tap away round the pool. It's also good to be able to turn on and connect straightaway without having to go through the tortuous machinations of Windows loading on the laptop. Not sure yet if I can upload the blog on it - if you get this before I get home the answer is yes, if not then it's a no!


So sadly not a replacement for any bit of current kit, but hey, what's a bit more stuff in the case when I can look so cool - I'll just take even fewer clothes!