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Matt L

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27th Apr 09 at 13:07

flying out to boston in august so i do have a bit of time to research and look into things etc but im after things that can be used on a plane and will last about 8hours+

at the moment i have looked into
ipod touch 8gb - lots of music which is good as thats one of the main things i will want but limited on games to a degree and not sure how much it would get used once i got back...

samsung nc10 - would play music, could do films, has more potential for when im back to be used, but twice the price of the ipod which would take some money out of the spending money i plan on taking.

so anyone got ant other ideas on stuff?

Music is a must tbh
Games/other stuff to do, to keep me entertained is better
cheaper the better (but must be new)
oh and obviously plane safe

[Edited on 27-04-2009 by Matt L]

pow

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27th Apr 09 at 13:13

Take a book and a pillow, free.

Neo

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27th Apr 09 at 13:23

When i went to the US i had a selection of about 30 movies on my touch, ended up watching the american pie movies and with time for eating and stuff, flight was over

DannyB

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27th Apr 09 at 13:36

Take a laptop and use this..

Click

Tommy L

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27th Apr 09 at 13:41

I would get the NC10. I could see the novelty of the Touch wearing off after you've been to Boston.

[Edited on 27-04-2009 by corsa_tomtom]

Matt L

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27th Apr 09 at 13:50

quote:
Originally posted by DannyB
Take a laptop and use this..

Click

FLOL i actually wondered about getting a screen saver that would do that

Sam

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27th Apr 09 at 14:00

LMFAO

ssj_kakarot

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27th Apr 09 at 14:25

what about battery life? the laptop wont last long really.

i have a netbook, but tend to use a psp on the plane, you can stick loads of mucis and movies on it not to menton it plays games and extra batteries are really cheap.

Matt L

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27th Apr 09 at 14:40

nc10 should last about 8hours apparently most netbooks though last about 2mins

ssj_kakarot

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27th Apr 09 at 15:14

i would seriously take that with a bit of salt lol

especially when you want to be whaching movies on it for a long period of time.

AndyKent

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27th Apr 09 at 15:18

Not out of those lots, but I took my N95 out with me to Portugal earlier this month. Ok, so the flight was only 2 and a half hours, but I could watch video and listen to music the whole way there and only lost one bar of battery out of 7 which I thought was pretty damn good!

I fully expected the battery die half way there, but no, even after and hour and a half of video, hardly any change!

JM Curdy

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27th Apr 09 at 15:56

archos 5

Marc

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27th Apr 09 at 17:53

PSP or a DS.

Can watch films and play games on PSP, decent sized screen. Games are a bit limited but some good PS3 ports coming out.

DS might have more fun as theres quite a few games, quite a few crappy ones too though!

For me it would be one of the above and an iPod!

Deadude

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27th Apr 09 at 21:40

PSP, DS or a GP2X

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27th Apr 09 at 23:36

PSP FTW TBH IMO

_Allan_

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28th Apr 09 at 07:46

Voyto

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28th Apr 09 at 08:16

quote:
Originally posted by _Allan_

Snakes on a Plane

Bonney

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28th Apr 09 at 08:29

Just takin me ipod on, and may gat a mag from the airport shop. Easy

Jambo

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28th Apr 09 at 09:15

cup and ball tbh

MarkM

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28th Apr 09 at 09:26

I have a DS...a PSP and an NC10.

1. DS

Millions of games to choose from... as Marc said some really bad ones though...

Mario Kart is a must.

2. PSP

Some decent games...I love playing PES... can get movies for it too....

3. NC10

Netbook which lasts easily 7.5 hours. Can do anything on it really... Play Football manager which will eat into the hours... listen to music.

I am going to Turkey a week Saturday. Its just under 5 hours. Will be taking both the DS and the PSP but not the Netbook as I use it a lot at home and would be devastated if it went missing on holiday.

Matt L

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29th Apr 09 at 08:50

ds - I could get alot of games for it

but had one before and was never really a fan.

psp - again wouldnt use it once i got back i dont think.

nc10 - still looking most likely but its bloody expensive

. is it deffinatly usable on a plane?

MarkM

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29th Apr 09 at 11:29

Of course it is...it's a very small laptop basically...only it doesn't have a CD drive so movies would need to be downloaded before your trip...

Longevity wise the NC10 is the best bet although it is the most expensive.

Whittie

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29th Apr 09 at 11:52

quote:
Originally posted by Matt L
nc10 should last about 8hours apparently most netbooks though last about 2mins

Mine lasts about 7 and a half hours. Thats just browsing net / msn / the odd youtube vid.

Lasts about 5 hours when watching films, change the battery settings onto power saver mode though. You'll get to watch 2 films then.

MarkM

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29th Apr 09 at 12:53

quote:
Originally posted by Whittie

quote:
Originally posted by Matt L
nc10 should last about 8hours apparently most netbooks though last about 2mins

Mine lasts about 7 and a half hours. Thats just browsing net / msn / the odd youtube vid.

Lasts about 5 hours when watching films, change the battery settings onto power saver mode though. You'll get to watch 2 films then.

Agreed...with normal web browsing I get 7.5 hours easy.

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