This question has been in my mind lately. Often times, I get the urge to write throughout the day but I either don’t want to haul the notebook out of the backpack or the thought of going downstairs or sitting uncomfortably in front of the PC just prevents me from doing it.
The best device would be small enough to carry around all the time and has internet access anywhere you go. Yes, a netbook sounds nice but you have to look for wireless access still, you can’t just whip it out any time you have an inspiration and have it up and out of your mind. But it is the closest it can get for now. Maybe soon wireless access will be a none issue with the speed of technology advancement today. And everybody will be walking around with a netbook like we have cell phones now.
The iphone is much better than a unitask cell phone and it combines the PDA function with the phone which is what I always wanted. It only lacks the ability of downloading audible books wirelessly that I was able to do with my previous PDA phone running Windows Mobile. I liked that phone a lot but web surfing was not good at all. And it didn’t have the wow factor of the apps on the iphone.
I love my Vaio I can do anything I want on it, but it is big and clunky and the battery gets so hot it burns you when you place it on your lap. Then you need to put a fan under it and that makes it so bulky you just don’t want to haul all that around even in the house.
I love Evernote, it has such a potential to keep everything you want to remember or have a record of in one place, but it requires a computer and the internet access to be as useful as it can be. So that comes back to a perfect laptop with internet access at all times. Yes, it can be done, I know. A usb dongle with a cell phone plan. But why should we pay $40-60 a month just to have the ability to access the interent at those moments of need. It doesn’t justify the cost if you are just a casual onliner instead of a on-the-road business person.
I love my MacBook Air, it’s light and it doesn’t get as hot as the Vaio and it’s powerful. But it can’t do everything I need to do. I can’t upload pictures because it doesn’t have a card reader built in, I can’t run my PC apps because it is a Mac.
There is just no one thing that you can take with you and not have to worry about bringing all of the necessary usb cables and devices along to cover all your needs. Oh, I can’t wait when such a thing is invented and I’ll be the first one in line to get it.