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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 5701016" data-attributes="member: 8835">Yeah, the iPhone+iPad conundrum is real.I remember reading a macworld article (on my iPad) where the author considered that very real problem for himself with his superthin MacTop, an iPad and iPhone.  He was carrrying all three.  And pondered if he really needed all three on his person.  Out and about, the iPhone is better.  easy to check in restaurants.  Out in meetings or on the couch, the iPad is great, bigger screen, light enough.  For real work, the laptop comes in.But one could easily carry a dumb phone and an iPad (like Danny carries an iPod Touch) and get to info when they need.  It's no clunkier than the day planner some people tote around.I don't tend to take my iPad out and about.  I use it on the couch mostly.  When I travel for work, I'll carry it, for in the hotel use.  I also carry my laptop as that's where the code is.  I haven't fully set up for remote desktopping, which might solve that.While I like my iPad, I probably would not have bought it (or any tablet).  Mine was a gift from work.  $500 is a lot of dough for what I use it for.I use my iPhone all the time for checking movies, email, etc, so the value is there for me, and since I always carry a cellphone, it wins.</blockquote>