I've been a big fan and supporter of Apple products dating back to my little Mac that I bought in 1986! But I am impressed with how other systems and platforms are catching up and giving serious competition.

I was up for a new phone with ATT as my 3GS iPhone was well used and I decided to go with the new Samsung Galaxy 3s. A very nice phone and for my aging eyes which see less well in low light and without reading glasses the big and bright screen is a big plus.

I've also wanted to move more to pads for travel instead of my laptop and decided to stay with Android since I can use many of the same apps I pay for or have. I got the new Asus Transformer TF700 with the optional keyboard dock and couldn't be happier. It does everything I need on a trip such as games and reading but also has the email and internet browsing capabilities as well as nifty apps for other things. I am a photographer and I can download my camera using the USB connection and back up images to a portable drive. I also found an app for viewing CR2 Raw files and one where I can even tether the pad to the camera for operating it which is handy in a studio situation or where clients want to see things from the camera view.

One other plus is that ATT now allows you to unlock your out of service iPhone so I will take it abroad and purchase a Sim card and top the phone up for use in the country I am in.