{"id":28044,"date":"2012-05-30T21:12:26","date_gmt":"2012-05-31T03:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/30\/feeling-ipad-curious.html"},"modified":"2012-05-30T21:12:26","modified_gmt":"2012-05-31T03:12:26","slug":"feeling-ipad-curious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/30\/feeling-ipad-curious.html","title":{"rendered":"Feeling iPad-Curious"},"content":{"rendered":"

Or is it iPad-Questioning?<\/p>\n

Except we're not talking about an iPad. But that aside …<\/p>\n

So, another of those odd confluences of thought.<\/p>\n

1. I keep playing and playing and playing with the thought of a tablet, but haven't figured out what I'd do with one.<\/p>\n

2. I'm going on an Alaska cruise in July. And looking at what both the cruise line and Verizon tell me, I'm not going to be hooking up to the Internet much. Not without taking out a second mortgage.<\/p>\n

So work with me here …<\/p>\n

I was doing Verizon research today regarding #2 (and Verizon's coverage map simply doesn't work under Chrome, which is damned stupid of them). But eventually the bottom line was:<\/p>\n

a. I really don't want to use the ship-board cellular capability, because it costs godawful amounts with Verizon.<\/p>\n

b. I really don't want to use the ship-board WiFi capability, because it costs godawful amounts with the cruise line.<\/p>\n

So, fine. I got the Verizon coverage map, and I will have some level of phone and data coverage once we get past British Columbia and down into the Alaska Panhandle. Maybe. But then, at least, I'll have the ability to tweet and post pictures and …<\/p>\n

… and I really don't want to be dependent on my smartphone. I love it, and I can tweet with it, but for anything more than that I really don't want to be limited, for a week, to typing on my phone.<\/p>\n

Ugh.<\/p>\n

So then my mind starts to wandering. Always dangerous.<\/p>\n

What if<\/i> … I picked up a MiFi (portable WiFi hotspot)? Then I could bring one of our computers (do I have to do that already with the business trip the week before) and, while in Verizon data range, use that with my computer to be able to post stuff.<\/p>\n

(Work computer? My netbook?)<\/p>\n

The MiFi (or "Miffy" as we called it) served us really well, as a rental, in Italy, mostly for the smartphones, but also for my netbook.<\/p>\n

But wait …<\/p>\n

What if<\/i> … in addition to a MiFi, I went ahead and got a tablet. Now I don't need the netbook with me. Though I'll want a decent Android tablet (since I have an Android smartphone), one with a keyboard dock, like the Samsung Galaxy Tab … and then I can blog, and tweet, and do all sorts of cool stuff that works a heck of a lot better with a keyboard. And …<\/p>\n

… which is … really something … I need to be doing … on an Alaska cruise …?<\/p>\n

And then the whole fantasy comes crashing down.<\/p>\n

But I'm still pondering.<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/div>\n

Miffy!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Or is it iPad-Questioning? Except we're not talking about an iPad. But that aside … So, another of those odd confluences of thought. 1. I keep playing and playing and playing with the thought of a tablet, but haven't figured out what I'd do with one. 2. 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