Travelling with Android
In response to Christian Leumund's Wie mich das iPhone auf Reisen begleitet (in German).
I have to admit: I'm not travelling as much as Christian, and certainly my trip schedule is less interesting than his (Berlin - Bonn - Berlin, Berlin - Bonn - Berlin...), but I, too, have a faithful travel assistant in my pocket. In my case, it's not an iPhone anymore, but rather an Android-powered device. Here's how I use it:
I keep my schedules, work-related and private ones, in Google's GCal service which syncseffortlessly with the built-in apps of my HTC Hero. I keep my shopping list - together with everything else I need to remember - in Evernote's app for Android. Whenever possible, I opt for email-based boarding passes (Lufthansa have those, Air Berlin doesn't); otherwise I keep a backup of the boarding pass printout in Evernote. Public Transportation info comes through fahrplanDE, an Android app made by swiss company elui; weather reports are built into HTC's Sense GUI - other Android phones will have to rely on any of the many weather widgets available. After touchdown, navigation tasks can be done with Android's built-in Google Maps app, although I'm very much looking forward to Google's navigation app coming to Europe. All the other activities Christian tackles with further iPhone apps don't fit into my schedule - and TeuxDeux, Christian's favourite GTD app, is not available for both the iPhone and Android, so I've settled with GTasks, Googles own, admittedly simple solution (available as an Android app!).
So far, I don't miss my iPhone. Sorry, Steve!
