waterproof case or battery juice pack for iPhone 4s

hi all,

i am going to be backpacking southeast asia for about 3 months and i'm stuck at which type of casing i should get. i will be at the beach, swimming and all that, river rafting, etc, and i want to take pictures during those times. however knowing that iPhone's battery could be a bitch, if one day you're bored, the battery can't even last you more than 6-8hours for that day. i want to invest in something i can use in future. so which combination would suit best?

1: waterproof case + compact power bank (which could be used on several other devices, so thats pretty useful).
2: mophie/phonesuit battery case + waterproof bag (that allows submerging, allows underwater photography/videography).

please advise!

Suggestions of functions of a desire netbook? (+ must have functions)

As my netboook is prepared to give up now - after a loyal commitment for being around me wherever I go for the past 4 years, I was wondering if anyone can suggest a travel notebook with the following specifications:

• A relatively long battery life (>7hours)
• Relatively light (well, all netbooks should be relatively light anyway I know...) ;)
• In-built GPS system that doesn't need the internet to function
• The usual wi-fi, inbuilt SD card reader, livecam etc.
• Money shouldn't be too much of a problem I'd have thought, but just don't go beyond the £1000 border-borderline please :)

Double post - sorry

Apologies - inadvertent double post - trying to work out how to delete!

Edited by: rorykay

Does this exist: US call to US voicemail forwarded to my email box?

I have a job that can be done 99% online, so I'm making the leap to become "location independent" -- but I'm stuck on the 1% that can't be done online:

A few times a month, I'll need to receive phone calls from US clients. My clients will not want to pay long-distance, schedule times for me to call me, Skype, or do any of that. They just want to call another US number so we can talk on the phone. Any digital nomads out there know if there's a service where I can get a US phone number (or virtual office assistant) that will receive phone calls (US to US), send the call to my voicemail message, and then forward that voicemail directly to my email. Then I can call the client back and incur the hassle/price of calling them back long-distance myself.

Does a service like this exist? Or something like it? I looked into international cell phones (with a US-based phone number), but the ... more »

VOICE TRANSLATOR FOR IPHONE

Anyone know which is the best free voice translator? Vocre seems to be very good but in spite of the fact that it says it's free on the iPhone app store, once downloaded it's only free for a limited period.

ATM

Even though I have been to VN many times, I still look forward to going again this Nov. The last two times in VN, I have not had good luck with the ATM's. In 2010, I had lost my card somehow, didn't know it right away, and in the meantime, someone withdrew about 1500 use before I could get it blocked. Don't know how they did this as you need the pin no. too. Last year(2011), I thought I was being very smart. I set up another acct with a different debit card and very little balance($300). After using the card in Hanoi, I used my iPad to look at my acct online.. To my horror, I could see that someone was again rifling my acct but this was my main acct again, not from the card and acct that I had actually used. Again, total mystery to me as to how this can be done, but it has made me slightly paranoid now. . I don't like to carry a lot of cash so the debit card is a great solution for me... more »

APPS FOR BACK PACKING

Hi all,

Ok so im really starting to organise my trip from South Vietnam to North Vietnam (Cant wait :D) im not leaving until Feb next year and im going for a month now im wanting to get the most out of this trip as it will be my last for a long time.
Im wondering if there are any apps on andriod that you guys use im looking all over the net but with very little sucess.

What im after is something that will do the following (and if someone hasn't made it this is a fantastic idea for an app!)

• Allow me to make a route (like what you can do on google maps)
• Allow me to make notes/blog ( So if i can make notes of address', names of places of interest etc..)
• Share the route over facebook (example im in HCMC and one of my friends can suggest a bar/resturant)

Is there anything like this out there?

Thanks in advance and also if your heading to Vietnam in Feb next year an... more »