[pct-l] Verizon Cell Phones???

[John Abela]

Hey Dan,

Other option to consider, if you do not yet have anything, would be a
satphone.

GlobalStar (the leader in the industry) has one heck of a special right now.
$20 bucks a month for unlimited airtime voice. The phone itself is ~45% off
with the plan.

http://www.globalstar.com/en/index.php?cid=1250

It is 7 ounces, so about 2 ounces heavier than an iPhone.

That said, it is no smart phone.

That said, it has about 90% better coverage than att/verizon

Something to consider.



On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 9:15 AM, Dan Engleman <danengleman at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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
>
>
>
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