[pct-l] pocketmail

[boundforadventure at gmail.com]

I used my BlackBerry on the NCT last year, and was happy with the result. I  
have a folding keyboard, but sent it home before I even started on the  
hike. I actually found it easier to do my journal entries on the BB than  
the Pocketmail. The fact that I could email them off whenever I had a  
signal, was a real plus.
n

On Mar 13, 2010 6:43pm, Ken Powers <ken at gottawalk.com> wrote:
> I called Verizon and had them walk me thru setting the phone to analog so  
> I

> could use it with Pocketmail. It worked at home. The Verizon guy told me

> that analog sucked more battery power than digital, so don't use it that  
> way

> very long. That was several years ago (maybe 5). We decided we didn't want

> to carry both Pocketmail and a cell phone, so we carried only Pocketmail.



> On our last hike we carried only a cell phone. There was near zero  
> coverage

> on the ICT. We did not like the cell phone as a means of emailing journal

> entries. I'm not sure if it was the email client program or the phone, but

> it didn't make the grade.



> We are still looking for a good solution that is relatively cheap. Both

> Pocketmail and pay phones seem to be on the way out.



> Ken

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: "Nikii Murtaugh" boundforadventure at gmail.com>

> To: Pct-l at backcountry.net>

> Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 6:13 PM

> Subject: [pct-l] pocketmail





> Someone asked awhile ago about the use of cell phones with Pocketmail.

> Accoding to an insert I had with mine, it says,

> "The PocketMail Composer is fully compatible with T-Mobile, Cingular, AT&T

> and Nextel digital and analog cell-phones. While using the PocketMail

> Composer with Spring[t] and Verizon, we recommend you switch your  
> cell-phone

> to analog mode, as transmission may not be reliable on all handsets in

> digital mode."

> I can vouch for the fact that PocketMail did not work with Sprint.

> n

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