You are in luck. iPad and iPhones in Australia are sold unlocked, so you can always get a local sim card with some data on and use that then the expensive hotel wifi.
Really depend how many emails you got to send / receive. The iPhone is great for on the road, but not ideal for daily work. The iPad and the Air are better, but obviously much larger. While traveling you might be tempted to take some photos, again here the iPhone is very nice. The iPhone 4 is already available in Europe and should be coming out in July (maybe. who knows) here as well. Definitely go with a local sim card as it's cheaper and also works outside the hotel. Alex On 26 Jun 2010, at 12:49, Chris Burton wrote: > > Good afternoon muggers > > We are heading to France and Italy for a first time holiday in September with > some friends, all of whom have never been there. Should be great however... > > I am worried that I wont be able to keep up with work commitments back in Oz > via email over there, and would like some advice from some seasoned > travellers about how I can best do that, by either taking a light weight mac > laptop (Air), or perhaps an iphone or ipad? > > At the moment I use Mail on a macbook pro (10.5.8) but am not sure if an ipad > would allow me to use that software? Im thinking I will need something light > to carry around, and not be an obvious target for those pesky thieves ie an > iphone or ipad or possibly the Air? Or just take my trusty MacBook Pro and > use in hotels when ever I have internet. > > I see from some previous posts there are pros and cons with using a phone > overseas. Some recommend actually buying a local Simm card to put in the > phone. > > I just dont know which would be the most convenient and effective way to > proceed on this. > > Thanks for any suggestions and kind regards to all. > > Chris > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
