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Keep it simple
I agree with the previous poster - keep it simple and use devices that can multi-task. Currently my solution is: - Andriod phone with reasonable camera and GPS
- Android tablet
- Google email account to tie it all together.
Unless you are serious about your photography a phone seems to me to take more than adequate shots. If you use Googles Photo App they also then magically send themselves up to free unlimited cloud storage via wi-fi and then become viewable on your tablet etc. The app also has some useful features where it also automatically selects your best photos and makes up little storybooks with them.
I am sure there are some quality compromises in all of this and i know some people don't like committing all their life to a software company, however for me this is as close to perfect as I can currently imagine - no more pulling SD cards out of cameras, connecting to computers, backing up to USB sticks or external drives, nor time spent fiddling with photo software I only vaguely understood - time I much prefer to spend wandering around and drinking a local  .
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The multi-task kit idea works with simple items like a spork, or tyre levers with a spanner end. It's not as good with phone, music, gps, web device, camera.
But as with everything it depends what you are doing and what you want to get out of it.
I doubt very much anyone would want to write a 6 month ride report on their phone, complete with resizing images, and uploading to them to a suitable webspace.
Actually music and phones do tend to work well.
I wish I could carry less devices. Well I could, but that would ruin a lot of the enjoyment for me. Making little video clips, photographing things, maintaining a strong web presences, keeping in touch with communities like this etc..
Each unto their own.
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Originally Posted by navalarchitect
I agree with the previous poster - keep it simple and use devices that can multi-task. Currently my solution is: - Andriod phone with reasonable camera and GPS
- Android tablet
- Google email account to tie it all together.
Unless you are serious about your photography a phone seems to me to take more than adequate shots. If you use Googles Photo App they also then magically send themselves up to free unlimited cloud storage via wi-fi and then become viewable on your tablet etc. The app also has some useful features where it also automatically selects your best photos and makes up little storybooks with them.
I am sure there are some quality compromises in all of this and i know some people don't like committing all their life to a software company, however for me this is as close to perfect as I can currently imagine - no more pulling SD cards out of cameras, connecting to computers, backing up to USB sticks or external drives, nor time spent fiddling with photo software I only vaguely understood - time I much prefer to spend wandering around and drinking a local  .
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I can agree with you on the phone been adequate for taking photos, I used an apple 4S for all my photos when I was on my Laos and Thailand trip and it took some great shots
Wayne
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