Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 17:29:36 +0300
Reply-To: Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
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From: Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
Subject: Re: Looking for old GSM phone for my upcoming Belize trip
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Ken - I just checked here: http://electricaloutlet.org/ and it looks like
Belize has 220 and can take English-type plugs ("type G" electrical outlet -
what they have in Kenya). Which means you actually would be okay with a
Kenyan phone.
Let me know!
Joy
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 5:27 PM, Joy Hecht <jhecht@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> Roger - If you need an explanation, you don't have the phone Ken's looking
> for!
>
> Ken - I am in Kenya at the moment (for three more days, then in NJ) - if
> you want, I can buy you one here. The cheapest, simplest unlocked phone is
> around $25, I think - but there may be issues about adaptors. Is Mexican
> current 110 or 220? If 220, you're fine, I'm not sure ones sold here will
> charge on 110 current. I'd need to get you a plug adaptor too - another $5
> or so.
>
> Let me know if you're interested - ASAP, as I leave Friday night. Sounds
> like Karl's suggestion of ebay may be easier.
>
>
>
> Joy
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 8:15 PM, Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> dear wold be captain crunch
>> please dumb this down about four notches for those of us who use speed
>> dial to recall our home phone number
>> me phone home using # 2 :)
>> tell us a manufacturer or model #
>> maybe one of the code names or street names like flip phone or brick
>> is gsm like the analog phones that we all had up to the middle '00 s
>> please let me know as i have lots of phones laying around here in the
>> hinterland of canada ...
>> just need to understand the language
>> yours
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 6:57 AM, Ken Wilford <kenwilfy@comcast.net>
>> wrote:
>> > Thought I would ask the list if someone here has a good used cell phone
>> > they are no longer using that they would like to sell cheaply. I need
>> > one for our Belize trip next month as my Sprint phone will not work (not
>> > GSM). So I need a good used GSM phone with is unlocked, takes a SIM
>> > card and will work on at least the 1900 band (quad band would be
>> > nicer). If you can help with this please pmail me. I have several old
>> > phones that work perfectly well but are just sitting around because I
>> > have upgraded. That is what I am looking for something like that. I
>> > would need the phone and charger and a good battery that holds a decent
>> > charge.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Thanks,
>> > Ken Wilford
>> > John 3:16
>> > www.vanagain.com
>> > Phone: 856-327-4936
>> > Fax: 856-327-2242
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> roger w
>> From Proverbs:
>> Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up: a
>> servant who becomes king ...
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