I’m in the process of buying a new home and I’m hoping to move in next month.  I’ve been making a list of new ‘toys’ to buy as I’m going to upgrade my AV and home network and one of the items on my shopping list is a new big plasma.

I’d picked out the TV I thought I was going to buy and I was just browsing around John Lewis, when I saw a Panasonic plasma TV that had just been reduced.  It was outside of the budget I’d set, but it was being sold for 65% off the ticketed price so I had to check quickly if it was a good deal, particularly as other people were eying up the TV at the same time.

I whipped out my Nokia N95 went online and within 5 minutes I had:

• Verified the spec of the Plasma TV
• Checked that the price was a good one, and even though it was end of line and other stores were discounting it, the John Lewis price was still half that of the others
• Read a handful of reviews to see how good the TV rated
• Made a quick post on AV-Forums to see what the users thought of the TV, and I even got a few instant replies via email

Because everything checked out, I purchased the TV and it’s going to be delivered next month. If anyone ever says to me again that the mobile internet isn’t useful, I’m going to give them this example!