I go to the USA each year and have some thoughts for you. For details feel free to email me off list.
Answers in text > If when I get there and I call up the App Store for local relevant apps with > any of these devices, will it seek the Aus store or the US store and does it > matter anyway? I use USA store all the time but it probably doesn't matter. You probably don't need lots of local apps anyway. > > How do I charge? Shall I eBay some US plugged chargers? Use car adaptor of > cigarette point which I already have. All of you apple gear will work wi a low cost adapter from a travel store. > > I also have a DSLR camera and I'll be taking lots of photos. It has a 32GB SD > card in it and I want to do some backing up of the images whilst in transit. > I have an SD to iPad adaptor, so importing to one or more of the iPads might > serve as back up storage, or I could simply place onto a MEM stick if I use a > computer at a Internet cafe from the SD. I'm hoping not to have to cart any > of our MacBooks. I would recommend a cloud based service like drop box or the brilliant eye fi cards which not only download wirelessly but also have a back up option. I have seen some hard drive-to-camera gear but haven't used it and think it can get lost as well as the cloud is safer for storage. I don't know what you are doing about getting sims and mobile phones but it is really cheap to get a phone from virginmobileusa.com or purchase form RadioShack. Unlimited data and text and calls for about $60/month no plan. (Though data is good for text browsing only) They also offer a mi fi device which might come in handy for the family. I put it in my handbag and would have it on all the time in case I wanted to make a Skype call in the run. Hope this is helpful. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
