Replace my laptop? Not a chance! But the more I use it…
Previously I took my laptop everywhere. The iPhone has easily cut out 20%-25% of my dragging around a laptop; my rule is generally don’t leave home without it.
With my iPhone, I’m still connected to the world. I can read, I can forward and I can bookmark things and type (if I have to), it’s more than the basics. Of course I can watch and listen to all the “stuff” that’s on the iPod portion of the iPhone too. If I could get a bluetooth keyboard (or even a wired keyboard the plugs into the dock) I think I could drop carrying the computer around to 50% of what I used to do. I don’t really want to JailBreak my phone to do this. (FYI, this feature is now is iOS 4 for several iPhone models)
I don’t even need the keyboard to work in all the applications (although I’d like it), I can just type in a special keyboard application then copy and paste into the program where I need the information.
I’d need an external battery pack for the iPhone though. I thought I’d already need to, but I generally leave it in the charger at home and I charge it in the car. It’s pretty rare that I notice that I’m running really low.
It’s been a while now that I’ve had the iPhone, but it’s still a new toy so I use it a lot but it’s pretty rare when I “need” to bring laptop along. The laptop is mostly just for typing these days.
Photo from Geeky-Gadgets and the linked page has a video of this working on the JailBroken iPhone…
You’re part of a growing crowd who forsake a notebook/netbook for the iPhone; some estimate they can do a third of their everyday computer work from the pocket.
I manage to get by with my iPod Touch most days, even though I’m usually carrying my notebook anyway — iTouch is easier to whip out and start inputting within seconds.
The other part is that many of those times I do have my notebook with me. I just choose to use the iPhone.
And other times, I take the notebook with me in case I need/want to read/look-up something but I can do that without carrying it around since I’ve got the iPhone on me.
Starting to sound like you’re carrying dead weight :)
They’ve now added this feature to iOS 4!!!