Day 7 without a laptop...

I've been laptop-less (sounds like some crazy beach somewhere, but I digress...) for a week now.  Seeing as my first and only laptop was the ASUS Eee PC and that I've only had it since early December it's strange how I've become so attached to it.

There are so many things that just can't be done on a mobile phone no matter how expensive or feature packed it is.  The Nokia N95 8GB I currently have on loan is great but it can't replace a cheap laptop.  As much as people complain about both the small display and keyboard on the Eee, they're almost as useful, practical and convenient as those found on a 'proper' computer.

You can do lots on a high-end phone and the portability factor can't be beat.  But general surfing, emailing, blogging - they all take much longer to do and the process can be fraught with difficulties.  Some websites don't display properly or have missing functionality with phone browsers, the VOX site a prime example.  Using the built-in Nokia browser the VOX website detects that I'm using a phone and sends me to their mobile

version.  VOX mobile just isn't as good as normal VOX and I have no way to tell the site I want the full version (this is unlike Google who let you choose between 'Mobile' and 'Classic').  Going to the VOX site on Opera Mini (a 3rd party browser that's really worth checking out if you haven't done so already) is at first glance a better experience.  You get the full site like you would on a normal computer, but... you can't log in!  I had to do quite a bit of fiddling around and setting changing to be able to click on the log in "button").  Once logged in via Opera Mini you can't actually post so it's kinda pointless!