[itdiscuss] [ Suspected Spam ] Blackberry

Fri Aug 7 16:42:31 EDT 2009

Another option is the Blackberry Tour.  We have a group of people using them
at our church, and even though it's through Verizon, the Tour takes a SIM
card so you can still use them overseas.

On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 8:17 AM, Ron Beatty <RBeatty at themissionsociety.org>wrote:

> Many of our folks use the World Edition Blackberry, but in order to
> justify the cost you probably would need to making many trips per year.
> You did state that you are looking for one phone/solution to be shared
> so this may be an answer for you.
>
> Ron Beatty
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> Wow, that is cool...
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> My son in law's dad is a pilot and he has been barnstorming around
> Alaska for the past 3 or 4 summers. He did have a Sat. phone but this
> year he bought something called SPOT. The web site is
> http://international.findmespot.com/
> <http://international.findmespot.com/>  and it's pretty cool. You can't
> check in directly but you have 4 levels of communication including one
> that tracks exactly where the SPOT device is on Google Earth, and one
> that says send help to my exact location.
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> The device costs about $200 and the service is 100 per year.
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> Subject: Re: [itdiscuss] Keeping in contact w/ mission trips
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> Actually I hadn't looked at this due to assumptions about the cost (I
> know, don't assumeJ). I hadn't thought of rental, I'll look.
>
> Steve
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> <mailto:discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org>  On Behalf Of Lee, Jason
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> Steve,
>
> Have you looked at sat phones? The price to purchase and rental has come
> down significantly and many now include unlimited inbound calling...
> (but good luck getting a local number for the caller).
>
> We explored this about a year ago and had thought about forwarding an
> 800 number to a sat phone....
>
> Obviously, we didn't proceed so it had some concerns.
>
> - jason
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> Subject: [itdiscuss] Keeping in contact w/ mission trips
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> We are looking for the best way to keep in contact with our various
> mission trips. Skype work great as long as the trip is somewhere with
> Internet access, however what about the areas that are not. What Cell
> phone would you recommend for international use (if they can get cell)
> or other options. We are looking at probably a single option that could
> be shared by each trip. It would be very rare to have trips overlap that
> did not have Internet access.
>
> Also, would you have recommendation for the best portable web cam &
> microphone for Skype for use on their laptops.
>
> Any thought appreciated. An example of no Internet service is a remote
> village in Peru.
>
> Steve
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> Steve Huffman
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