On Tue, 7 Jun 2011 13:31:58 +0100 David Tweed <david.tw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The point is that a cheap phone and cheap tablet DOESN'T fit what I > need to do at the moment. I don't need a big screen at the moment just > a temporary 3G data plan (so taht that I can access info and services > in the middle of nowhere) with a phone sized display, which > unfortunately doesn't exist. Even if I could get a temporary 3G tablet > it would be less useful when I'm trying to run out of the office and > look at a place during my lunch hour. (I'm sure there are situations > where a tablet makes sense, but they seem to be "couch based" rather > than mobile.) Indeed. I take a backpack everywhere partly so I can take my netbook. If your pockets are big enough you could try an early (ARM-powered) eee bluetooth-tethered to a phone or even with a dongle. If your pockets aren't that big you could get a Zaurus from ebay & do the same, but you'll need some bluetooth add-on or a funky adapter for the dongle, and in both cases be careful to get one that will work. (There was no kernel later than 2.6.26 for the Zaurus, last I checked.) Also, dongles can be a pig to set up with Linux, depending on phone co.
