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June 26, 2003
Back from the Wilderness
I survived 48 hours in the back-country. It turns out that my cell did have reception, but it was roaming, so no data service was available. For me, a voice-only cellphone is pretty much pointless.
Once on the highway (the wife was driving) heading back, however, data service was regained. I spent an hour wading through 180 emails sucked down to my Kyocera using the excellent Palm OS email client SnapperMail -- definitely recommended if you use your Palm OS device for industrial-strength email duty.
While out camping, however, my most useful piece of tech was my Swiss Army knife. Maybe somebody ought to start looking into how we can toss in some Wi-Fi or Bluetooth into these things. Why? Because we can...of course!
Comments
That's all? I'm back and I got my email! Did you see a wolverine? Manage to get the tent set up? Make s'mores? What did you eat?
I love my Swiss Army Knife? I got mine in Switzerland back in 1978 and it's still with me. Amazing!
Mitch
Posted by: Mitch at June 26, 2003 3:16 PM
I'm a big fan of Victorinox knives as well. I'd love to see them add a Wi-Fi sensor so that you can be notifed when you're in a Wi-Fi area. Then you can fire up your PDA or laptop and try and connect.
Posted by: mashby at June 27, 2003 11:06 AM