While you can’t beat the convenience of having a laptop with you on the road, the idea of lugging around a heavy and expensive piece of electronic equipment wasn’t exactly something we were excited about. After having valuables stolen from a hotel room on a prior trip to Istanbul we were reluctant to bring anything we’d be heartbroken about losing, but at the same time we knew relying on internet cafes probably wouldn’t suit our computing needs.
We decided that we really needed some kind of gadget that would allow us to perform the following tasks:
1.) Storing photos
2.) Checking email
3.) Social networking
4.) e-Reading
5.) e-Banking
6.) Web surfing
We also decided that we wanted this device to be feather light so that we could carry it with us at all times in order to reduce the likelihood of it being lifted. Finally, as the device was to be shuffled and moved, used and abused, we wanted it to be relatively inexpensive in case it was damaged or broken.
We ultimately ruled out laptops and netbooks and settled on a tablet, specifically the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2.0. Priced at only $250, this tablet is itty-bitty and has a fancy Andriod Ice Cream Sandwich platform (which not only sounds yummy but allows the tablet to do all the nifty tech things we need it to). The coolest feature is the microSD slot which will fit our camera’s memory card, allowing us to send photos directly from our camera to our digital dropbox. This means the photographer in the relationship can take many, many photos of our adventures that can all be safely and easily backed up in cyberspace.
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