...this may not be to your liking but there are several "mini type" laptops on the market today that would fit your need - email, logistics, and so forth. You don't need any contract with a phone company to use them. Dell makes one that is very small - about 9" diagonal screen and HP has a nice one too. I'm thinking of getting one for my trip over in August just to ues the Google map feature to chase around town & country and the email and AIM/camera features to keep in touch with my honey here in the Colonies.