How am I updating my blog during travel.

Before I post some picture of greenery in Kerala, let me brief you about how I am managing to update or post to this blog as I travel across Kerala.

I am using a HTC Hermes Windows Mobile 6 phone. I have an Airtel SIM card with unlimited data (GPRS) connection.

When I started out, I was a bit skeptical of whether this Airtel GPRS would work in different towns, villages and cities across Kerala. But to my surprise, I found it quite reliable and available in most areas where I wanted it.

There were a couple of places we went where there was no Airtel service. One was a hotel/resort which was 6 KM away from Munnar market place. So I could not update this blog during the 2 days we stayed there. The service was available in proper Munnar market area, though.

I am using my Gmail account to send email with content & pictures, which the Blogger or Blogpost website will automatically post to this blog. This allowed me to create the email on the Pocket outlook client on the phone at leisure. I took all the picture using the phone camera. Sending the email took about 3-4 minutes for a 500KB size on the GPRS connection. I generally tap on the 'send' button/link and then the email gets sent unattended. So I can place my phone back in my pocket and continue with other things.

I will write more about the technical and related details about my mobile blogging experience separately.