Testing again

Back to the iPad, borrowed for a couple of days to test the efficacy of blogging right from the website. I think if somebody were willing to carry the physical Bluetooth keyboard, it would be simple to use this for anything I’d do on a laptop or even a net book traveling. Maybe not video Skype, but try doing that on an Atom processor anyway.
I’m not taking eier the pad or the netbook to Europe – not worthwhile given that I’ll be limited to whatever wifi I can find or steal, and best to just stick with the iPhone in permanent airplane mode for that. It sort of worked last time around – I don’t think we set foot in one single cybercafe, unlike the honeymoon where the easyInternet on the Strand across from Charing Cross was our home away from home four days of our first married week. Don’t look at me like that, it was her idea as much as mine…
More and more, too, it looks like there won’t be a change in my phone arrangements. Having work reimburse me for my phone ultimately costs half out of pocket what it would cost to have a work phone and pay the extra rate for personal use. It also doesn’t look like the new iPhone is going to offer the T-Mobile band for 3G, which makes unlocking kind of pointless. So we’re right back where we always were, paying the upgrade on a new iPhone when it comes out and sitting through another two year indenturement to AT and fucking T. Not that I blame Apple – I’ve explained repeatedly how Cingular was the only game in town, being the only dual band carrier, and the fact that we essentially have hardware lock-in even without subsidy locks is just more proof that we are the most backward country on Earth for phones. It still sucks out loud, though…
Ok, the ipad just went to sleep in my lap. Obviously i don’t have that much to say tonight so i will try to hit send…