It depends on what you want... i, for instance, am in love with my kindle and cannot put it down easily (and sometimes wish my commute was longer so i could read a bit more). It can also listen to music / podcast but i have yet to use it as such (currently my phone fits in that role pretty nicely)
On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 8:12 PM, Phil Maskell <maske...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Leading on from the where to you listen thread got me thinking, most > common answer was commuting, I am thinking of getting a new commute device > but not sure which route to go. > > There is the ultra portable full blown but light weight laptop option, > Macbook Air style. Toshiba and others do alternatives > > iPad or equivalent? > > Netbook. > > I currently have an old 2008 MacBook Pro which is a) heavy b) sluggish so > no longer take this on the train commute, I currently listen to podcasts > etc... on my iPhone and read articles on Instapaper, I could do all this > much more comfortably on an iPad possibly with downloads of Parleys.com (I > have noticed not all are available for iPad though). My concern is for this > money I could get a netbook that could do this (is Instapaper downloadable > on Linux/OSX/Windows?) as well as playing with small code projects. > > I think I've already talked myself out of the ultra portable laptop as I > have a nice i7 16GB desktop at home for proper playing and this is only > needed for commuting. > > I would be interested to know other peoples ideas for commuting toys, I am > in the UK so some US toys like the Amazon Fire are not available yet. If I > go netbook, which one? > > Ideas. > > Phil > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/javaposse/-/33OViSKgPuYJ. > To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > -- http://mapsdev.blogspot.com/ Marcelo Takeshi Fukushima -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
