On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 3:52 AM, RussellMc <apptechnz@gmail.com> wrote:
> $US250 Iridium satellite system hold in hand size text-only
> transceiver (+ with GPS) allows 160 character text message
> communications anywhere on earth.
>
> Also offers position tracking with location accessible to anyone
> authorised, =A0with position updates as often as per 10 minutes.
>
> Plans from $10/month
>
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0http://shop.delorme.com/OA_HTML/DELibeCCtdItemDeta=
il.jsp?item=3D31805&section=3D10820

Interesting.

Spot has a similar product (http://findmespot.com). Even more
interesting is that DeLorme's wikipedia entry says that they struck a
deal a few years ago with Globalstar, the owner of the Spot products,
and as far as I can tell, a competitor to Iridium.

Josh
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