Originally Posted by
robabeatle
I thought this would be a good spot to help me with a question:
I will be traveling and plan to use my cell phone often for a few days away from the grid. I am looking for an external, portable charger or extra battery that can give me the most cell phone use time but still be somewhat compact.
I will be trekking through the Himalayas soon and want to use my gps up there. Also, I am not impressed with the solar chargers as I have seen them. They seem to take very long to charge.
Thanks
This is one of those cases where an external GPS is probably a better choice. It will be ruggedized, and will use batteries that last far longer and are easily purchasable all over the world.
Also - I see you're in Tucson. I presume you realize that your North American CDMA ( if you're using Verizon/etc. ) or GSM ( If you're on AT&T/Tmobile ) phone most likely won't work in that area of the world, right? They use GSM, but on different frequencies. The USA uses 850 & 1900Mhz, while India & Nepal uses 900 & 1800Mhz.