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RE: Sailwithme along "E6": Ulön, Hamburgsund, (Grebbestad), Havstenssund, (Resö, Koster), Herfølrenna, (Hvaler, Moss, Sandspollen)
preferably a waterproof [case] that floats in your case. ;)
I thought of it, but does it exist? The phone is supposed to survive some water, so "all" I need is some floating edge protection. I need something that lights up in the darkness as well upon falling in the water. (I do have a handheld VHF radio that floats and lights up when it gets wet).
Hah! I was just being funny. Definitely a case that helps protect against drops and dings though for sure. That is a small portable computer.
One of my biggest problems when it comes to the risk of losing the phone in sea (done that twice already - and was very lucky not to lose it in sea like three times during the summer vacation), or in Korketrekkeren (lost my phone twice there and once when sledding in another hill - luckily it was found two of those three times) is my pockets. In Korketrekkeren I was really trying hard both times to keep my phone in zipped pockets, but as I frequently take it out and in again it either ends up in the wrong pocket, or I forget to zip the pocket.
I'm considering such an arm holder to have the telephone on my arm ... but it should probably be at the lower left arm, so I can look at it and use my right hand for typing on it.
In fact I had this around 2008 - a watch-sized phone I bought from DX. It wasn't a smart-phone, but it did have a camera, it did have bluetooth, built-in loudspeaker and microphone as well as headset, and a small stylus pen (with a holder for it embedded in the watch). It was genius, I never used sound on the phone only vibration, and I never lost a call, and it was quite easy to type messages with the pen. I actually preferred to use it without the headset, speaking with a low voice into my wrist and putting the wrist up to my ear to hear the response from the other side. There were only some two problems with it ... for one thing, I'm color blind and had managed to order a pink watch! For the other thing, it had a non-standard usb plug and eventually the charging cable broke, and I couldn't use it any more.