As we continue our preparations for our big trip, Teresa and I have been thinking about what options we'll have for updating our Travel Blog while we're on the road. One piece of advice that my daughter (Georgi) gave us is that there are lots of places on the road these days that offer free wi-fi, and that if you take some type of wireless enable device (like an iPad) with you, you'll be able to save lots of money that you would otherwise spend at Internet cafes.
So we decided to take our iPad with us on our travel... problem solved, right?
We'll not quite. Using the iPad on the road presents 3 challenges 1. The on-screen keyboard is fine for short sentences, but not so great for long Blog posts, 2. The Safari browser has some compatibility issues with Blogger (our choice for Blog hosting), and 3. The iPad doesn't have a built-in SD card reader, so getting photos on to the iPad won't be easy.
Solution... invest in 3 small iPad add-ons 1. First, we bought a Zaggmate keyboard for the iPad (the one with the hard-shell), so hopefully that will also protect the iPad during the trip (cost $99 Zaggmate Keyboard). 2. we bought the BlogPress app for the iPad (cost $2.99 Blogpress App), 3. I bought the SD card converter from the Apple store (cost $29 Apple SD Card Adapter).
Hopefully all those pieces will work together and we'll be able to keep everyone up to date on our wonderful adventure (I'll be trying them out of the next couple of weeks before we leave New York).
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