ScoutPal Live

ScoutPal Live can be used with any device or cell phone or that can, in some manner, browse the web.  This includes modern smartphones and devices (for example, iPhone, Blackberry, Windows Mobile, web-enabled tablets, etc.)  It can as well be used with nearly all ordinary flip and bar phones, even the oldest ones.  Your current phone is likely already capable of using ScoutPal Live!

Check with your service provider to get instructions for web browsing on your phone. If it can get news, weather, sports, etc., then it can use ScoutPal Live.  Follow Step 1 on our Getting Started page to see how to test your phone or device for use with ScoutPal Live.  Learn more...

Windows Mobile (vsns 2003, 5, and 6) phones with a touch-screen (stylus) can use both ScoutPal Live AND ScoutPalDB!  With these phones, you can get instant database lookups as well as live real-time lookups, and with nearly all PDA phones you can use a Bluetooth scanner like the Bluetooth ROV.

When shopping for a new cell phone or PDA phone, ask for a working sample that has web browsing enabled. Write down the test URLs given on the Getting Started page, and bring them with you when you are shopping. Try the phone or PDA with the test website, while you are in the store.

MOST IMPORTANT: When considering a cellular carrier, make sure that it has good coverage in the locations where you scout. Ask to see a map that shows coverage in these locations. Be wary if your locations are on the fringes of their coverage area.

• Coverage maps for major cell carriers
• More phone Shopping Tips...
• Phonescoop.com - compares phones
• Information links for major carriers:

  IMPORTANT: Cellular carriers constantly change their information websites, phone offerings, service plans, and prices, so the data and links below are subject to change.  Always check with a cell company directly to be certain that you can get the right web service at the right price.
   

  Sprint	Web service plans vary in price, most have truly unlimited data.
  T-Mobile	T-MobileWeb service typically provides nearly unlimited web browsing.
  Verizon	Mobile Web by VZW with MSN  Warning: Unlike other carriers, and depending on your phone and your plan, Verizon may charge airtime minutes as you browse the web.
  AT&T	Some of their web services are billed by the megabyte, most are unlimited.  Each MB of data is good for about 500-700 ScoutPal lookups.