If you need a slightly larger screen for Travel but not necessarily an expensive one

iPads, Tablets, and eBook readers from EBay may be your place to look. After all you won't be full time on the network, you may not want to carry bigger heavy devices, buy your smart phone may be too small for some purposes. Furthermore you may be worried about fancy equipment making you the obvious target, or just that things get lost, especially mid sized gadgets, while traveling. Smaller maybe second hand items may feel less of a burden on the road.

You can find electronics to help you with your Travel Learning network access

If you have weak or limited Wi-Fi while traveling it can be useful to bring a Wi-Fi Range Extender along to up your signal reception. The ebay link above, shows a considerable selection of options.

History of Wireless Internet Connection (WiFi)

OK we have a lot of old history topics posted but useful to the Learn As You Go traveler

is what is going on and why in the Wi-Fi communications industry and of course

History has a lot to do with the present and future.

How to Get Online When Travelling Overseas

How to Get Online When Travelling Overseas from JamesVickery.com.au
provides some good advice on staying connected when you are out of country.
For instance, the data rules may change and bring you major costs or data limit overruns.
And of course Wi-Fi availability at your hotel is likely, but accessibility and costs and speed may all need to be considered.
You might try crossing over between the cellular and Wi-Fi services in either direction to save or gain remote access.
See this reference page for much more detail on the topic.

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Botiful, social telepresence robot for Android

Here is another really cool, almost product found on Kickstarter.com
Botiful is a tiny robot that ties into your smartphone and wheels it around remotely. This can allow you to explore places you are not actually at, or perhaps are too big to ever get at:

Remember the best you can do at the moment is fund it on Kickstarter!

Square Register - credit Card accepting tool for your iPhone

This one has been around a few years, but makes doing business while on the road a heck of a lot easier by Credit. It's not that expensive, and not at all bulky. If you plan to sell while on the road this is great!
The above Image/link is from Amazon.com

Here's a cool gadget that doesn't quite exist yet, but see it on Kickstarter trying to get made

Geode for Icache plans to convert all your physical credit cards, loyalty cards, and membership cards into digital information. To use the cards, you can transfer the card information to the provided Geode card temporarily. Flick to activate the card, say a credit card, then swipe it through the terminal as normal.
Remember it's not available or even really built yet, but working on startup funds at Kickstarter.com

PROTAG to tag and keep track of your most valuable items

To go with yesterdays theme of not losing your valuables is this device the PROTAG

1) Phone rings when valuables are left behind
2) Records Last GPS lost location
4) Capture Photo of Thief and Record SIM Number
5) Management of Multiple valuables and mobile phones in one system

If you sometimes have trouble keeping track of all these gadgets another gadget to help

I know that I have trouble keeping track of all my gadgets, especially when I'm on the road.
Here is a gadget called Hone that let's you use your smart phone to find some of those other precious gadgets.
Listed above is the Amazon.com link to the iphone specific version.

Wireless Router, Access Point, Wireless Hard Drive and Flash Drive Companion

If you've had travel connectivity issues, and I have, between the various WiFi using devices you carry on the road, and the backup storage you need for streaming video, saving off photos, USB powered and weighing in at only 1 oz.
Note there is a newer version of this device with a built in battery pack:


Both are available at Amazon.com

If you've had issues with the range, signal strength or number of devices allowed at your travel destination

One possible solution is a Travel Router, Range Extender, and Wireless Bridge.
I know I have had problems on the road that this device could really have helped solve.
Before my next road trip I plan to run out and get one of these.
The following model is available from Amazon.com:

If you are going to be on foot, or outdoors and need extended power for your devices a solar recharging battery pack helps

There are several colors available, but I liked the fluorescent in case it gets dropped along the way.

The tool today is Android

When you're looking for a smart phone to store your portable media something with extendible media
helps. With and Android phone your microSD can carry the storage burden for you when you are
out of range and still wanting to learn. The affiliate ad below will get you to an android phone provider.