Posts Tagged ‘tracking’

20
Sun
03
2011

Smartphones turned into satellite communicators with SPOT Connect.

Posted in General Aviation, Technology by admin | 1 Comment »

What if you land and spend some time into a really far place and want to give some news to your buddies? As many solutions as available phone networks: none! Except that you would have said that before the release of the brand new SPOT Connect.

This small squared black box is the solution for isolated flights for ultra linked pilots. You can enjoy wonderful landscapes without risking being unspotted in case of problem.

Take your smartphone and download the SPOT App to use this useful tool. You will be able thanks to a strong Bluetooth signal to send SOS messages, help requests or more conventional messages as check-ins, track progress or even mails and Facebook/Twitter notifications.

Pick it into your pilot case and you won‚Äôt get anymore problem to communicate into wild isolated places. You will be able to inform your friends and family that everything is OK or not. This item enables mix between safety and social networking without any effort. Read the rest of this entry »

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4
Tue
08
2009

SPOT Can Now Tweet Your Position!

Posted in General Aviation, Technology, Web by Andr√© Carrier | 1 Comment »

sattweetSat2Twitter’s website enables users of satellite devices such as SPOT to update their position straight into their Twitter account. The tool currently supports SPOT Messenger, Email and Iridium services.

All you need to do is sign up, select the satellite devices you’ll be using to tweet your updates, enter your SPOT ESN device number (for SPOT units) and add the special spot@sat2twitter email address into your Findmespot profile on the SPOT messenger website. ¬†That’s it! You can now send your SPOT updates into Twitter from remote regions of the world!

Read more at: http://www.sat2twitter.com/
Sat2Twitter has been developed by Arktisma.com

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3
Mon
08
2009

Aviation Sweet SPOT

Posted in General Aviation, News, Technology by Andr√© Carrier | 5 Comments »

Spot device

SPOT LLC has just unveiled their next generation satellite GPS messenger. This new version offers advanced capabilities and feature-rich enhancements. SPOT is the only device of its kind using the GPS satellite network to acquire its coordinates and then to send its location with a link to Google Maps and a pre-programmed message via a commercial satellite network. It can send position, status updates, help and emergency transmissions from almost everywhere on the planet, even where mobile phones can’t receive a signal.

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