hey guys, i am not sure if i should get a smartphone or a netbook in addition to my main computers(listed in my sig)for computing and stay connected on the go(mbp out of the question) i need something thats easy to carry and not too expensive, for internet and light word processing, what are some smartphone alternatives other than the iPhone? its really expensive in my country since theres no locked version :S ?? thnx in advance
Well where are you when you want to utilize that object?
In the past, I had a netbook as my main computer, an iPad, and a smartphone (high end Android one).
What I found (being a college student), was that I ended up using the smarphone a lot for casual browsing, music, and taking pictures.
The netbook was used to do pretty much everything, and the iPad was only used for browsing (when i didn't have anything important to do), music, and watching videos.
Now, I have a 2011 MBP (13 inch), and that's it.
I'm just going to get a smartphone seeing that I have an upgrade.
In your situation, you want something portable to do light work on, but you already have two powerful machines.
I think that it would be more beneficial to you to go ahead and get a really good, top tier smartphone now.
You can use the 15 inch (if you can manage) for the lighter work (and obviously for what you're doing now on it) and the smartphone will come in handy when you're at a coffee shop or something and just want to listen to music, send an email or two, browse facebook, or look at photos/videos.
It's great if you want to do those things in small chunks (waiting in line/eating/in the car, etc.)