[pct-l] pocketmail

[Alex Kaminski]

I haven't use this, but read about a few people using the Peek device:
www.getpeek.com

Pricing is not too bad, $20 for device and $15 a month. I have no idea
how good the battery is though.



On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 7:04 PM,  <boundforadventure at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 -----
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>> From: "Nikii Murtaugh" boundforadventure at gmail.com>
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>> To: Pct-l at backcountry.net>
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>> Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 6:13 PM
>
>> Subject: [pct-l] pocketmail
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>> 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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