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Verizon Dare vs Hurricane Ike

September 20, 2008

This weekend the remnants of Hurricane Ike blew 80 mph winds through northern Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana leaving me powerless and Internetless on Sunday. In the meantime, my Verizon Dare connected me what was going on. I could access weather maps 2 ways, through the navigation system which was really simple, or through the internet. I am really amazed that as 1.26 million people were without power and/or internet, I had the world at my fingertips. The small screen played YouTube videos flawlessly, checked Duke energy’s website for updates, checked my email, and provided up to the minute radar maps. It’s a little annoying to browse a large site on a little screen, because everything is adjusted and you have to scroll down forever, and the touch screen limits how far down you can scroll. Other than that, it was awesome. I charged it up using a converter in my car and it charged it from dead to lasting three days so far in about 1 hour.