If it's just a matter of reading e-mails, he could set his mail server
to forward email to his cell phone as a text message. a bit of a pain
to reply to, but reading mail is no problem as long as you don't need
support for html.
I forward e-mail as txt all the time. For at&t wireless (for
example) you would forward messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If he already has a text message plan, then this solution is
essentially free.
-Chuck
Robert McElwee wrote:
He has phones and laptops. I think he is worried that he
is going to miss an email. They are jobs (like a work order) that will
come in and he will need to be notified within minutes so he can send
someone out on them.
On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 8:35 PM, Sam Sharp
< [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Is he going to use this device after the trip? If not he's
looking at a long term solution to a short term problem. A phone or
pager will have to be bought, and an email-capable one will be
expensive. Then there are the monthly service commitmants which he
will have to continue to pay after the trip. Is he camping in
wilderness areas where there is no internet access? Most hotels and
campgrounds have it available, as do truck stops and coffee houses. If
he doesn't have access to a laptop he can buy a used one for less than
the price of a phone and use the service that he already has.
Sam
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