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    Advice on mobile phones

    falcon269 wrote: A Vodafone chip from England will not work on Vodafone in Spain. The UK Vodafone SIM card bought on ebay in England for £10 postage free in July this year, had £10 installed with it; it served me well in Spain and used it mainly for texting and data was used for GPS when...
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    Thoughts on photography and camera selection for the Camino

    Excellent pictures. You could add this camera sling to your equipment as it could come in handy for carrying the cameras and does not add much more weight. This snap was snapped with my old Samsung phone which I usually slip in my pocket to take candid shots as they arise. Not exhibition...
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    Solar Cell Phone Chargers

    alaska99801 wrote: From the Waka Waka website they wrote: The Waka Waka @$79 has only started production in January 2013 in China and has yet to prove itself from being any better than what alska99801 says are the "cheap Chinese ones....crying etc" The Waka Waka has a small capacity battery...
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    Cell Phone Options

    Shows what a luddite you are.
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    Buying trekking Poles?

    Not exactly replying to this thread but it has been mentioned in other threads that many pilgrims leave their poles at the albergues, not usually at the beginning but when they have finished. Poles are sold very cheaply and we should help the people selling them who earn a very small amount...
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    cellular internet

    Scruffy wrote: As you do not carry the miserable thing why did you have a problem?
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    Do I really need a phone on the Camino? And other phone ?s

    Waywalker63 wrote: Although in my mid-70's my smartphone has become something I carry with me and it has become something I and my family take as a matter of course. With the thousands of apps coming out every day it has apart from being able to phone and sending messages it also does other...
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    Free calls, text and picture sharing with anyone, anywhere!

    All the apps mentioned are a family of very useful tools but Viber, Skype and Whatsapp requires, (a) a wifi connection to work and (b) your circle of contacts must be using the same apps otherwise they cannot be connected. Skype is the original and very good apps which has video calling...
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    best french cell phone company for le puy route

    Margaret wrote: She wrote an amazing full blog with pictures with her iPod and you can see the results of her using the Orange SIM. I need say no more, but thank you Kiwinomad for sharing your first hand experience.
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    International Cell Phones

    Red Beard, It is always nice to know you are loved and have people concerned about you .... I do not understand how having a cell phone cheapens the Camino experience? In this day and age it will be hard to find anyone not carrying a cell phone or making calls from land-lines whilst walking on...
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    NEW! Revised Techno Geek’s Guide to the Camino

    Re: Techno Geek’s Guide to the Camino vagabondette This is the usual flame from the anti Techno Geeks: I am surprised they want to open the contents of this Subject which they obviously abhor: when we do not like a TV program we switch it off; using this analogy if they detest a Subject in...
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    Journaling on the Camino

    A friend writes her journal into her small notepad and sketches on a small sketchpad, then uses her smartphone with the 5MP camera to photograph the notes and sketches. The photos of the notes and sketches are posted to herself when she has wifi, she also uses Dropbox and the voice recorder...
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    iPhone 3 is unlocked!! Hooray!

    HOoray is the right word to use as an unlocked smartphone with a Spanish SIM card will unlock enough Apps to assist you to fully savor the 21st Century Camino. There are many things you can do without an internet connection apart from phoning, inter alia, open the eBook to look at your library...
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    feeding my hungry camera...

    ward4e wrote: Thank you for this excellent piece of technical advice, I shall try this out as have a scanner and will search for a 25% grey card from the stationary shops. Any particular reason for the 25% grey and will the fibres in the card not be captured by the scanner? The two and a...
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    feeding my hungry camera...

    ward4e, Just as a matter of interest where can I have prints made from my 2 1/4" square black and white negatives in Brisbane and what would the cost be per postcard size print. I can post the square negatives and square slides to them from Christchurch as there are no photostudios printing...
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    mobile phones

    Lynne, For an update on Spanish mobile phone SIM cards and costs please look at the November update of http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/14584713-post21.html. It will help those who travel and intend to use a GSM phone in Spain.

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