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I have an opportunity to buy an iphone for $340 and have it upgraded by a knowledgeable geek so that it transmits a wifi signal to my laptop. I would have internet access either directly through the phone or via my laptop.

Over the past few years I have been considering buying an ipod. When I installed the cd player in my van it was ipod compatible and I added the cable to connect it.

More recently I have thought of purchasing a GPS. Probably a Garmin.

And the idea of an aircard has interested me but not the addition of an extra $50 monthly fee.

So I am trying to rationalize the purchase of an iphone by consolidating the above into one less expensive unit. I am not a fan of all-in-one devices other than the venerable Swiss Army Knife.

The iphone plan I would select through AT&T would cost $10 a month more than my current Verizon plan. But well worth it for the convenience of internet. No more lurking across from hotels. Last year I bought eight 24 hour internet deals from truck stops a $5 a pop.

I realize the mapping system with the iphone is not GPS, but rather based on triangulation with cell towers to determine one's location. And that the phone has only 8 gigs memory.

The phone itself is really cool but the fact that I could get internet from it, to my laptop is what has got my interest.

Is anyone using an iphone on the road? Any comments, ideas concerning my scheme?