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Writing Journal from Verizon BlackBerry Storm

Writing Journal from Verizon BlackBerry Storm
Today is tuesday, the staff of the hotels hopes the city of Kabale, Uganda has electricity by thursday. My computer batteries are dead, however my 12 vollt solar pack should keep the BlackBerry Storm working indefinately.
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Kabale, Uganda
East Africa
Tuesday May 11, 2009
Hotels in Kabale, Uganda
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BllackBerry Storm touch sreen keyboard.



Normal BlackBerry with buttons.

I can type with all my fingers, it behooved me to use the computer to type post, then paste into the BlackBerry Storm. The Storm is less likely to be stolen as a traveler, because it looks like a normal phone..

If a person cannot type, they could maybe type as fast on the normal BlackBerry keyboard and would not need to carry a computer.

I have been adding hotels to HoboHideOut.com with the Storm, I could trade submissions for a free room and save money.

This post was completely done using the Verizon BlackBerry Storm on the global unlimited data connection that cost 65-75 dollars per month.

I probably need my readiing glasses.



This is my solar charger in the window of Hotel here in Kabale, Uganda. I could write and report without ever needing electricity from the grid,. I am 100 percent off the grid.

Cell tower coverage has a footprint much better than the electrical grid footprint. Plus the towers have generator backup. The spread of cell towers far outreaches the spread of electrical lines. Cell service is private and support and service is better than government ran electrical grid..

Writing Journal from Verizon BlackBerry Storm


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Wow, pix and all Andy? I am about to begin my own around the world adventure and am considering all of the various ways to update my blog. Seems like it would be hard to update a Blogger blog via phone but you would know better than I.
I amy look into that.
Check out my blog and maybe we shall one day meet on the road.
Alan

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I was thinking of just using my ipod to update my blog while I travel... but my fingers arent quite nimble enough! I guess I will have to bring my laptop like you do.

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TheKeeper from United States of America flag has written 25 comments

Hi Andy,

What is the brand/model of the solar charger you use and are you happy with how it performs?

Best,

Frank

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The boys at Blackberry are sure getting their mileage out of that free phone they gave you. I just find it a little unsettling that you can be bought so cheap.

To the best of my knowledge there is nothing the Blackberry does that other phones cant. I know of one phone that you could use to produce video and still photographs of a quality that would suffice for the type of photography that you do (You could, for example, easily replicate the shots of The Storm that you got from corporate. It is also a full on GPS and the upcoming model has a built in QUERTY keyboard (I can touch type too, I took it in high school, years before PCs existed, to meet girls. Its the one useful thing I learned in High School). You could (many have) use this phone to do your entire blog. If they give me a free one maybe Ill reveal the name and a lot of photos (

In any case, you can buy portable bluetooth keyboards for use with phones. I just did a quick Google that listed one, made of cloth, that you can roll up.

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Gadget from United States of America flag has written 831 comments

The BlackBerry Global Data service is excellent.

I do not expect readers to understand, they are not writing from Africa on a BlackBerry from bed.

Andy

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