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Originally Posted by Hugh R View Post
I'm in a Marriott right now. No wifi, only Ethernet cable. If I hadn't jail broke my iPhone and used it as a wifi hotspot I'd be SOL unless I signed up for ATT service on my iPad. I'm seriously thinking I'll bring the wife's mini laptop on the next trip, half the price, Ethernet and wifi, can directly copy pics from a camera, can directly upload pic to PP, can read and edit Word and Excel documents, can use a mouse.

In retrospect, I don't think I'd have bought an iPad. Nice toy, but limited for my uses.
Hugh, a small Wifi router is smaller and easier than a laptop.

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