My netbook has vanished (yes I have cancelled the dongle and no there was hardly any data in it and definitely no card or banking data).

What to replace it with? I only got it to be able to read email and do a little surfing on weekends I was away, typically at festivals. As it happens most of those were in areas of totally crap mobile broadband so I will be content to live with wifi and go to a nearby hotspot for access (at reasonable speed hooray).

What can I do on a kindle that I can't (readily) do on an Ipad?
What can I do on an Ipad that I can't (readily) do on a kindle?
I have no use for reading newspapers or books on screen. Paper is best for those.
I do want battery life. Lots.
If I can do what I need with one of the above can I use a decent mouse with them and a decent keyboard (and what are roll-out keyboards like to use?)

I don't want to go to smartphone because reading on those little screens is a real bugger (and for attachments in word it's worse), I hate texting on a touchscreen and typing as such is worse and the smarter the phone the more useless the battery life. My first mobile ever, a Sony Ericson would do 9 days on standby and my current Nokia maybe 3 (and it has a metal case so I can use it to knock in small nails). I'm happy with it as a phone except that it does not automatically switch networks for better coverage.

My heart says I want a laptop with a nice big keyboard and screen (and I can plug in a USB mouse since scratchpads are HORRID). Not bothered about 65 billion colours nor indeed huge processing power since I'll be surfing, doing spreadsheets, emailing and word processing. But I DO want about 9 hours ontime (use) without recharge and at least 4 days standby if unbooted and off before self-discharge drains the battery. My old netbook was an epic fail on all of those! I'd like flipdown legs to get the keyboard at a good angle and preferably a number pad (although I could I suppose carry a USB one of those). My fear is that a laptop like that will cost megabucks. Or rather Megapounds.

What does the team think?