If he has GSM service with AT&T, then he can pick up a used Blackberry off of fleabay or craigslist. Simply swap out the SIM card from his phone into the new device and call customer service and add the blackberry service.
When he gets home from vacation, swap the SIM back into his original phone, cancel the Blackberry service and he's done. Throw the Blackberry into the "junk drawer" for next time. Setting up the service is very easy through AT&Ts website (it used to be cingular.com/blackberry) and the emails will get to him as long as he is on the network. Any Blackberry should work, even one of the older ones, as they are all GSM devices, so he could probably pick one up for cheap and not have to extend his service contract. I'm not sure if this will work with other carriers, but I know from experience that it will with them. Lloyd -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chuck Wills Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 7:53 AM To: Robert McElwee Cc: Miatapower List Subject: Re: NPC- who is the pager expert on here? 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 -- Robert McElwee and Red Beast 1991 T25 Turbo @ 15 PSI Link ECU, FMIC, WI, 9:1 pistons Over 400 lbs of "added lightness" www.lightweightmiata.com Lightweight Miata Forum: http://lightweightmiata.com/forum -- Robert McElwee and Red Beast 1991 T25 Turbo @ 15 PSI Link ECU, FMIC, WI, 9:1 pistons Over 400 lbs of "added lightness" www.lightweightmiata.com Lightweight Miata Forum: http://lightweightmiata.com/forum ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower
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