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Re:Giving up the iPad-only travel dream by sfjailbird on Saturday August 26, 2023 @04:14AM (#37270774)
> 3 full-blown computing devices

It's four now, with the smart watch.

With LTE, the smart watch can conveniently replace the phone a lot of the time. But not ALL of the time, so, again, you'll probably be carrying both.

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Re:Giving up the iPad-only travel dream by esperkin39 on Saturday August 26, 2023 @04:09PM (#37276406)
I feel like Smartwatches are to phones what tablets are to laptops: a supplementary device that doesn't work as well without the primary computer.

While many people might work entirely from a tablet, or even a Chromebook, you'll run into so many issues that you're better off carrying a laptop to cover all bases. In a pinch, a watch or tablet can pinch-hit for the device they supplement, but using them as a primary device every day gets old really quick.

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