[pct-l] Phone advice

[Brendan Beltz]

Thanks. Forgot about those. Halfmile for the win once again.

On Friday, April 1, 2011, Jim & Jane Moody <moodyjj at comcast.net> wrote:
> BB,
>
> For the portion I was on last year (Campo to Sonora Pass), the best service was from AT&T, with Verizon close behind.  I have heard that T-Mobile has little or no service along the trail outside of towns.  Here are a couple of links to research by Halfmile and Gadget.
>
> Reception on the trail: Halfmile has been collecting this, here:
> http://www.pctmap.net/cell/
>
> Gadget's ideas for selecting a smartphone, here:
> http://postholer.com/smartPhone.html
>
>
> Mango
>
>> On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 2:37 PM, Brendan Beltz <brendanbeltz at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> So I've been hesitating about what kind of phone to get and thought maybe
>>> some experienced advisers would be helpful. I'm planning on getting a
>>> droid.
>>> Beyond that I'm open, but am looking cheap because I don't want to start a
>>> new contract (after the hike I'll be overseas and don't need american
>>> service) especially if it's a CDMA phone that is useless to me abroad.
>>>
>>> In a nutshell, does anyone have experience with the T-Mobile coverage on
>>> the
>>> trail? The nexus S seems to be one of the only unlocked GSM quadband
>>> phones
>>> easily available in america but alas not on the ATT prison network.