goTenna | Text No Matter What
No matter where you are and if you have no signal goTenna will be able to send out your texts. Imagine past scenarios where people were left without mobile phone signals (cell towers going down, grids getting knocked out) and had no way to communicate their locations (see 127hrs).
Now change that to having that ability to reach out and communicate. That’s what goTenna does. It will give you the ability to reach out of almost any type of scenario and transmit your texts when there’s no signal available on your device. (all free by the way)
Sharing:
Sharing your location and whereabouts when off the grid can be life changing and life saving. Beyond the ease of ability to reach out you have to consider that this device should be a must include in any first aid kit, survival pack, or in the flashlight drawer.
Abilities
goTenna can not only save the day in the off shoot chance you end up in a “I SURVIVED” scenario but there’s a few more abilities this little life saver offers. You can send encrypted texts that are not stored anywhere as there is no central server. goTenna is built with detailed offline maps of the entire world. So for those of you looking to venture off into New Guinea you’re covered.
It has a range of 1-6 miles in some of the most harsh scenarios and up to 50 miles in some ideal conditions. When i think of natural disasters or getting caught on that long stretch on the i15 N headed to Vegas the goTenna seems like a no brainer.
It’s listed to be shipped winter 2014/15. Not all pre-order startups end up shipping on time but the plan here at MJL is to give these out for the holidays. It’s one of those items you can give someone and they come and end up telling you a story that saved or greatly impacted their life.
You can visit their site: http://www.gotenna.com for all of the detailed information.
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