I'm not tech savvy...help me minimize the pain of books/backpack weight! :)

note:im currently under my mom's plan with verizon, to save money..but i don't know if it's such a good option

Ok, I'm in my early 20s but not tech savvy AT ALL. I have a simple flip phone that doesn't even have a camera.

My books are so heavy that I had to buy a roller backpack. Please keep in mind, I live in an urban city, so the subway and bus are my means of transportation. I don't have the luxury of throwing this stuff in a car and going .

So I had a few ideas and have no idea how to go about them.

I want to sign up under MetroPCS with my bf and buy a phone that will enable me to download a lot of nursing material on it, use it to reply to emails, take pictures, send texts, download A&P flashcards and games, and even a pharmacology book on it. This would save me a LOT of clutter and bruising on my shoulders/arms. But where do I start?

I'm just trying to pick the option that conslidates as much as possible. I have an iPod that I need to fix, and heard I can download stuff on there, but being that I will need flashcards, I want this to be interactive.

I cannot afford to spend more than $300ish. Hopefully less, without compromising quality. I can even bid on eBay perhaps. Or better yet, buy from Amazon because I hate eBay ahah .

Does anyone have any suggestions? I am a 1st semester LPN student, so I don't need medical A&P cards and all of that, but I would reallllly like something I can download and consolidate in one area because I am on the train 1.5 hours EACH WAY per day. This is wasted time, 3 hours, that I could be sleeping ..or most of all..studying! I'm sure you all understand that EVERY single minute matters and it KILLS me that I can barely study on the train. BTW, it's a HUGE city and you do not get a seat and constantly have to step out of peoples way when they are getting on and off..I also have a lot of transfers, so it's not like I can sit down and take out any material..that's a huge hassle..my biggest reason for wanting a phone, or some sort of device, that I can download all of my stuff on.


It would be SUPER awesome if I could just find something that I can download all my books on too, instead of dragging the large paperback ones around..but at least, I would like to cut down on some things if possible.

Please help...I'm utterly confused and do not know where to start! Again, I would like to go with MetroPCS