[Cdt-l] [pct-l] Digital Journals - What Device to use

[dan bedore]

Actually, I've been contemplating this problem myself, how to write jounals while out on the CDT this summer to eventually add to my website (bedore.org). Having a limited budget, I was hoping to find something that does not require a service plan; perhaps the typed journal could be loaded to a computer with a USB port, memory card, etcetera. Any ideas there?
 
For what it's worth, the peek device itself sells for $50 or $15, depending wether you want the advaced model, on Amazon. That leaves you looking for a service plan...
 
Dan Bedore

com <Trekker4 at aol.com> wrote:


From: Trekker4 at aol.com <Trekker4 at aol.com>
Subject: Re: [Cdt-l] [pct-l] Digital Journals - What Device to use
To: pct-l at backcountry.net, cdt-l at backcountry.net
Date: Thursday, February 4, 2010, 7:31 AM



    I have no use for a smartphone, the service cost, or the 2 year contract. I just need email while hiking, for a daily email, quasi journal to friends and family, and a daily trail conditions report to PCTA, CDTA, and CDTS people . 
    So it's either my present Pmail or a Peek. For 2, separate, 1-month CDT hikes, & WA in Aug to finish the PCT, I'll have to pay Pmail $105 for 6 mo of service. That makes the Amazon $290 Peak Pronto and lifetime service a very good deal. However, the feedback on the Amazon and Costco sites points out that the "lifetime" is that of the device; if you lose or break the device, you just lost everything; I don't know if they offer insurance, but I'll ask them. I'll also ask them about extra batteries. Their site also has no "whats in the box" or pics of same.
 
    Does the Peek have a "flight mode" function? My concern in switching from Pmail to a Peek is battery life; 2 lithium AAs have lasted up to a year on my Pmail, which I mostly use only during hikes.
    I'm also concerned about the far smaller keyboard. I can type on my Pmail while stumbling down the trail.
    There's a lot of negative, but more positive, feedback on the Costco and Amazon sites. The negative runs a wide swath from bad devices to flimsy devices to bad email service to bad customer service. 
    Anyone have further input on the Peek? 
 
Bob "Trekker"
Big Bend Desert Denizen, and...
Naturalized Citizen - Republic of Texas 
 


 
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