[pct-l] pocketmail
boundforadventure at gmail.com
boundforadventure at gmail.com
Sat Mar 13 21:04:01 CST 2010
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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