Peter Fleming from Bankable Frontier Associates is using ODK to conduct surveys that support their clients in their efforts to expand financial services to the poor.
He writes, "We're using 16 Huawei Android IDEOS ($90 each from Safaricom, they come unlocked). I was a bit worried about using such cheap phones, but they have been perfect so far (2 weeks), and have collected more than 10,000 short surveys/census with GPS, without a single glitch.
In Airplane Mode, the batteries last for 2 full days of data collection. You could compare these IDEOS to the HTC Magic, just a bit smaller and cheaper. I would highly recommend them if someone is looking for a cheap unlocked Android without a QWERTY keyboard.
Thanks for your tireless work on ODK -- it's improving our data quality and is changing our lives!"
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