Actually while I do use a laptop (5 yr old Compac 1800 Presario), I don't travel with it, nor with a Blackberry, i-pod, or any other handheld device. I'm probably in the minority both here and as a business traveller in general -- but I don't have a use for it while en route. My business trips are 90% to my companies' offices where I can log-on on site, both in the US and overseas. I prefer not to do work when flying; although I will admit to using the old fashioned pen & paper to make notes etc. That said, I do carry a mobile, but 95% of the time that's on OFF, unless I know I'm expecting a call or have to make one--although it is only good in the US. (In fact I just got my Verizon wireless bill for last month, and total minutes used was a whopping 12