Easier than ever to lose six pounds

Forest nails it in the Forum — the iPhone and like devices have made it easier than ever to go anywhere and do anything with only a light bag or pack on the shoulder:

The iPhone has replaced so many things in my bag. I no longer take a camera, clock, computer, books,magazines, newspaper, movies, address book, datebook,or any of the assorted cords and ephemera associated with the electronics. I bet it has saved at least 6 pounds and maybe as much as 12 lbs.It is the most amazing tool I have ever used. Talk about muti function …. the holy grail of light travel.

And speaking of the iPhone, these things are cool:

This under-$10 sticker makes your iPhone into a lookalike of a $4000 Leica camera.

(Brad)

Comments

[stevenshytle]

"Alex, what is what happens when you check your 6lb bag of luggage at the airport?" Add to the list G.P.S., MP3 player, Video camera. Once again, less is more.

[Little J]

I did a post on my blog about how I travel with, at max, three pieces of technology. The main focus of the post was about cord management, but I thought you might be interested in reading it.

http://theinfamousj.livejournal.com/402278.html

[Forest]

I didn't list the GPS, or the video camera, because I never carried them. I still take the ipod. It serves as a backup for the address book in the phone and I can't fit 10,000 songs on my phone.

[Till]

Since it now also support bluetooth keyboards and you can run powerpoint presentations from it, I think it has just become even better. If only it had a folder system...

[Luke]

One of the reasons that I went to an Android phone, specifically the Dell Streak, was the ability to have a device that could replace my laptop, at least in the short term. With the addition of a bluetooth keyboard, and a fairly large SD card (16gb) I can create, edit and review documents and spreeadsheets, check email, surf the web, and the actually organize things into a folder system. I also have a GPS device, a decent point and shoot camera, a music and movie player, an e book reader, and a satellite radio receiver. I am carrying less weight than my netbook alone, and still have the advantage of a multifunction device.