Travel Tech

I live in Europe, and will be touring California for three weeks in August, so I would like to get a GPS navigation app for my iPhone4. There seem to be three price levels: $60+, $20-$30, and free. What do the more expensive apps give you for your money? Is it worth paying extra for just three weeks' use, or are there free apps that will do an adequate job?

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…

Good morning - I am sending my daughter on a tour of Spain for two weeks. Apart from paying for her cell phone to be useable in Spain, and ATT is not cheap, can anyone share with me what cheap telephone options are available to her there? She will need to call/be called to/from the USA - i.e. me the father! I have given her a Skype account for use when near a WiFi point, but still would like to know she can use a phone anywhere.

Grateful for any tips etc.

Rory

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

Edited by: rorykay

Hi All,

I am getting really excited about going on my BIG adventure and had the following simple questions as to what I should take to stay connected?? I would love any help/advice here:

1. What do most people take to stay connected with home - an iPhone, touch, iPad, laptop or rely on local computers in hostels? I presume email and Skype is the main forms for communicating?
2. If I take my iPhone, do most people buy a local sim for the area they are in? What is the main purpose of this sim, to…

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3) Click on sync
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Done!

However since my laptop got re-built/formatted - it doesn't work. I downloaded a new iTunes and hoped it would work like above as before but no...

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