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tonyco1:
It does Jules, but it's a little limited, so the iphone (or as I now have a Galaxy S3) is better, does it all....
besides text and phone calls, Music - films - video - and better communications all round.
The blessing of a phone is you can use "Whats App" which gives free messenger or texts, plus you can send video clips or photos - via wifi - all free of charge.
But disable data roaming of face charges.
Linda does use her iTouch as well as the phone, but just to save battery.
Nothing beats a Kindle or the like, with E-Ink technology for reading in the sun.

Jules:
I also have my Galaxy which would only be used for emergencies. The only real thing the Ipod Touch doesn't do is make phone calls. I now have a new camera that also has wifi

Gillywoo:
Having enjoyed reading books for decades I was dead against a kindle but last Christmas Gill (against my wishes) brought me a kindle paper light and I haven't looked back.

On holiday they are great, so light and easy to read in the sun. If you run out of books you just go to a wi FI zone and buy a new one which arrives in seconds. I wouldn't take a book on holiday now but I agree with Jimbo, if you want to read buy a kindle not a tablet as you can't read them in bright conditions. The face of the kindle isn't glass so does not reflect the light.

Andy

Jimbo:
I think it's "Paperwhite," Andy! But "light" is right.

As I'm a writer with a degree in English, people expect me to jump and down and rail against this new-fangled stuff. But printed books are relatively recent technology, and widespread publication didn't really happen until the 19th Century. A very large number of people in this forum will remember the first Penguin paper-backs. Books are great - they smell nice - they feel nice. But all reading is good, and I tend to read for the content, not the smell, and certainly not the weight of a thousand page hard-back.

It's also giving a lot of new writers possibilities to publish which the paper publishing houses never have.

And when was there a time before this that one could read in bed with the light out?

debra:
I'm an avid reader and still read 'real' books, but wouldn't be without my kindle - I still get a real thrill when I download something because I don't fancy what I have to read - and it arrives by 'whisper net!'  WOW.

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