iphone5 nano sim for calls within Europe

Hello,

I have looked through the forum but I don't think these situations have been posted before.

My husband and I will be work-traveling in Iceland, France, Germany, and Benelux for July and August 2013. At the end of that time, I'll be working in France and he'll be working in Germany for the academic year and probably longer.

We are looking for two different phone solutions during this time:

1) Sim cards that will work in all of our traveling countries (with the possible exception of Iceland, where we won't spend very much time) for SMS, phone within these countries to both cell and land lines (i.e., from France within France; from Germany within Germany, or alternatively but not necessarily within this whole zone of France, Germany, Benelux), and maybe a small amount of data for me. I have an iPhone 5 with Verizon, which so far as I understand comes unlocked and can t... more »

Travel Apps.

I am trying to put together a list of travel apps. Please let me know your favorite and how you use it. Where is it available? Thanks.

SIM Card for Ipad - France

Hi .... I will be a month in France and want to use my ipad, mostly for maps, (do not want to use the iphone).

I'm coming from Australia so a bit at sea about what options there are. We will be in Bordeaux countryside and Provence countryside.

thanks

International Travel Sim - Scandinavia

I am travelling 4 countries - Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands in the month of June-July. And I wanted to know, if there is any international travel sim provider for all/most of these countries.

camera upgrade

I am soliciting views as to what camera to upgrade to, if any.

I currently have an Olympus Micro 4/3 E-PL1, which is 3 years old. I have the standard 17-45 kit lens as well as a Panasonic Micro 4/3 20mm/F1.7 and an Olympus 40-150mm zoon lens. The camera works fine. I use the kit lens most, as well as the Panasonic lens, which is very fast and has very narrow depth of field for great indoor shots. I don;t use the zoom a lot- i also find its images aren't very sharp.

Of course, the system has all the pros and cos of the (early) micro 4/3 cameras.

• far better IQ than a compact, but not quite the standard of a DSLR
• better depth of field than a compact, but not quite what a DSLR can offer
• Smaller than DSLR, but still to large to put in your pocket (except for my winter coat).
• no view finder- can't always see the screen in broad day light
• a little slow to focus

Walkie Talkies on your hiking trip

Cheers everyone,

I'm an industrial design student and our current mission is to develop new Walkie Talkies. With everyone having a mobile phone these days, it is difficult to find a real need for Walkie Talkies. But there are plenty of remote areas that don't have coverage, and maybe there are even a few situations you have been in were a Walkie Talkie might have been helpful. Please share your experience or answer the question below:

1. Do you use Walkie Talkies, if so why? Why not?

2. Explain how and when do you use them?

• example: 'First we decide on a channel, then I turn the volume way down... only use them if I lost the gang'

17" Laptop Good for Perpetual Traveller?

Hi,

I've been travelling for just over a year now with my 15" Macbook, and it's been wonderful. I spend a lot of time on my computer because I work from it wherever I go, and it's very important to me.

My travel style is as minimalistic as possible (except when it comes to technology), normally Ill go around with a carryon luggage and a big backpacker bag, with several smaller bags in the backpacker bag (eg. laptop bag, backpack), and I travel pretty much on a whim (eg. I never know where I'm going more than 1-2 weeks in advance of going there). Generally I do pretty much calm stuff like beaches and temples and take it easy, and I try to stay out of big cities, but I may be doing some stuff in the Amazon soon (no cliff jumping or windsurfing or anything like that). Overall I would say it's possible that I'll go anywhere, except for warzones and other similarly dangerous places.
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Iceland on one lens

Hi there,

I'm off to Iceland for a month soonish. I LOVE taking photos while travelling - it's a major part of the experience for me. But I also like to travel relatively light too.

My normal travel kit is a canon 400d (now a 650d) and an 18-200mm lens and circular polariser. This gives me a really handy range of focal lengths for all sorts of travel photography. No tripod.

This time I'm thinking about taking a 6d. But what lens to take? To get an equivalent focal length range in one lens is going to be mighty heavy (and probably expensive but I'm happy to stretch for something that fits my requirements well).

I anticipate lots of landscape shots but also some wildlife (puffins!), architecture, building interiors, the odd portrait, street scapes .....the usual travel milieu.

Output will be mostly viewing on screen, but I may eventually wish to make a photo book or turn... more »