KEn Becker wrote: > My serious question: without spending > almost $2000 on a laptop what is the least expensive device I can use on a > motel phone, to get my email, and maybe get on AOL to check my stock > portfolio? Ken, My son uses a Sony Genie -- was about $700, upgradeable, multi-functions (organizer, etc.) -- he can download and send e-mail on it. He's not using it now, only because he has e-mail at work that will forward phone messages to his pager, so he doesn't need it. Good luck! Kathrynne -- Kathrynne Holden, MS, RD Editor-in-Chief, "Spotlight on Food--nutrition news for people 60-plus" http://www.fortnet.org/~fivstar and NUTRITION TOPICS copy-ready handouts http://www.dietetics.com/class/fivstar/ Tel: 970-493-6532 Fax: 970-493-6538