Travel with the iPhone, using it well, and you will be continually pleased with how it can help you be a better traveler. While at home in the US, it is easy to take the use of the phone and its data use for granted. But when you cross the border, you had better be prepared with a plan.
A travel blogger,
Twitchhiker, has done a good job of summarizing many of the hacks, which I call methods, for using an iPhone while managing the cost of data within your budget. I read this post and its included links with great interest, as we are in the process of planning our bi-annual Euro-Touro.
On our last trip, we discovered the joy of McDo in France. Not only is the wifi free, the beer is cool and the food and service are akin to the golden age of McDonald's here in the US, before Marketing replaced Operations as the driving force. Now that Starbucks has seen the light and now that I have a Gold card, free wifi just became more accessible. As for the idea of streaming video and radio? When in France? Why? Or GPS? Just bring the Garmin. And it helps to rehearse while home to see what apps I need that need data, by going Airplane mode and just using wifi.
Bon Voyage!
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