[pct-l] Verizon Cell Phones???

[Dan Engleman]

Well I have done enough online research to become thoroughly confused about 
which phone to buy for my 2011 PCT trek; in my case, when all else fails I 
finally ask for help.  My priorities are durability and good battery life; my 
ground support person's priority is to have a phone that will work with the new 
Spot device (i.e. a smartphone with Android/Google map ability).  I don't really 
need a camera or gps, but having Half-mile's maps and an ability to journal 
and/or update my friends and/family on Facebook would be cool.  So far I 
have gathered that Verizon has the best coverage on the PCT, so I have decided 
to switch to Verizon, beyond that ... I am stumped ... 


Dan