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Four gadgets to take on holiday — and two to leave behind

In the age of the Kindle, holiday reading is a simpler question. But there’s a new packing dilemma in its place

2 August 2014

9:00 AM

2 August 2014

9:00 AM

One inarguably good thing about electronic publishing is that it solves that old quandary about what books to pack for your holiday — you just take a tablet or Kindle and buy books on a whim. The downside, however, is that this old dilemma has been replaced by an entirely new one: what bits of electronic crap need you take on holiday and what should be left at home.

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Rory Sutherland is vice-chairman of Ogilvy Group UK.

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