[pct-l] Phones

[albert at survivalcrafters.com]

I was kind of surprised to find out how sophisticated some of the solar
charger systems are these days. Kids carry laptops, Kindels, cellphones and
calculators in their school backpacks most of the time now and these
backpacks have built in charging systems with flexible solar panels sewn
into the covers. I've been doing weight comparisons to see what panels are
lightest and still durable enough for the PCT. If you go to amazon.com and
search for "solar backpack" you can see a whole array of what's available. I
suppose solar chargers will become standard on new hiking backpacks
eventually but they decided to tackle the multi-billion dollar kid market
before getting to the smaller hiker markets.

Albert


   

-----Original Message-----
From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
On Behalf Of Ryan Christensen
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 10:47 AM
To: AsABat; John Casterline; Pct-L at backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Phones

Is there a solar charger for the Droid-- something that can be taking on the
trail?


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________________________________
From: AsABat <asabat at 4jeffrey.net>
To: Ryan Christensen <yosemiteryan at yahoo.com>; John Casterline 
<tnx4asking at gmail.com>; Pct-L at backcountry.net
Sent: Tue, December 28, 2010 10:39:09 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Phones

Yep Verizon overall seems to cover more trail than the others with ATT
second. 
Don't be fooled at ADZPCTKO where ATT works best and Verizon only part of
the 
camp.

The Droids come with the optional Swype keyboard where you use one finger to

connect the letters of each word rather than tap them out. It doesn't work
bad.

Then get Backcountry Navigator that lets you download topo maps when you
have a 
signal for use with the gps even if you don't have a cell signal. Yes you
can 
load gpx files as well such has Halfmiles.

AsABat
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"Ryan Christensen" <yosemiteryan at yahoo.com> wrote:

>>From my understanding, overall Verizon has the best coverage along the
>trail.
>Whenever someone comes to visit me in the Eastern Sierra and they have 
>AT+T-
>they get lousy reception, while I have great reception with Verizon.
>The I-Phone
>for Verizon is coming out within the next few months-- announcement is
>rumored
>to happen at the CES in a couple of weeks. I currently have the Droid,
>which I
>have no issues with and would recommend it- I particularly like the
>slide out
>keyboard-- but its a heavier phone at 6oz--
>http://www.motorola.com/Consumers/US-EN/Consumer-Product-and-Services/Mobil
e-Phones/ci.Motorola-DROID-US-EN.alt
>
>
>
>
>
> ProDealwww.bristleconemedia.com
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