Android phones, apps and tablets

Yeh, I might just get an iphone after all...I'm a sucker for shiny things. I didn't appreciate the android deals are always on, I don't know precisely how things work here for tariffs, I'll have to waste a precious saturday in a shop asking stupid questions of someone who knows even less than I do.

The unlimited tariff is about the only good one going, more normal deals are extortionate. France is the most expensive country in the EU per minute of mobile talktime, apparently. The big operators got a big fine for just dividing up the market in formal meetings (!), more than 200M€ from memory. They're busily shafting everyone as much as they can before the party comes to an end. The sooner the better.

Best option for any smartphone is unlimited web browsing.

There are apps you can install on 'droid phones to lock down all data transfer, roaming, 2g, 3g, wifi, etc in any configuration you need to make the most of an inferior data plan.