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SPOT - Satellite Messenger
 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead

Saw this yesterday and it interested me. It's a GPS 'messenger', you basically have two buttons on a GPS unit, one transmits an "OK" message and one a "distress" message.

SPOT Satellite Messenger

You pay an annual service subscription that allows you to send (via a messaging centre) e-mail or SMS messages that give your location, including a link to google maps to allow people to track your movements.

Or an distress signal that is sent to various rescue services depending on where you are when you send the message.

It claims to be 99% certain of sending a message withing 20 minutes from a pretty descent global coverage, inc off shore.

It appeals to me so that I can send a message back to the missus to say that I am OK when off touring and the mobile doesn't work. She loves to know where I am at all times Wink

Obviously a pretty useful emergency device.

Sailors and airmen have had stuff like this for a while EPIRBs, ELTs etc

It's a shame it wasn't incorporated in to a proper GPS unit otherwise I would have ordered one yesterday.
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person

interesting gadget. like you i'd have to weigh the not inconsiderable cost versus getting less heat off the missus when i go places without mobile reception
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 Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?

parlor, How about a Satellite phone.
"Hallo im on the Glacier"
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Glad to hear I'm not the only one getting grief from 'er indoors when I'm up a mountain. Razz

€200 upfront and then ca €130 per year doesn't sound too bad, but do I really have to carry another gadget?

Can it be attached to female offspring so I don't have to lock them in the cellar when they are teenagers?


Related GPS story
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2871346.html?menu=
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