Overview
- Send messages from virtually anywhere via satellite & your smartphone
- On device SOS button for standalone emergency operation
- Smartphone app for operation and detailed status
- Integrates with SPOTadventures.com and popular social destinations
No mobile reception? No problem. Turn your smartphone into a satellite communicator with the SPOT Connect.
Today's smartphones provide a level of social connection far beyond what we imagined just a few years ago. But when you go beyond the reach of the grid, your smartphone needs the help of SPOT Connect to keep you in touch with friends, family, and emergency personnel. Simply pair your smartphone with SPOT Connect, and get connected to a global satellite network that lets you send messages and GPS coordinates from virtually anywhere on the planet.
Update Twitter and Facebook. Send email and text messages. Request non-emergency help from professional service providers. And in the case of a critical emergency, send an SOS message requesting emergency assistance.
This device is compatible with the Apple iPod touch (2nd, 3rd & 4th Gen), iPhone 3G, 3GS, 4S, 5, Apple iPad, and smartphones running Android platform 2.0 or later.
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Check In/OK
Use Check-in/OK mode to send your messages and your location to friends and family. These messages can also be simultaneously sent to your Facebook and Twitter accounts. Your waypoint is stored in your SPOT account for later reference. Your stored waypoints can be easily integrated into a SPOT Shared Page or SPOT Adventures account.
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Help/SPOT Assist
Use the Help mode to send either custom Type & Send or Predefined messages to recipients in your contact list for non-life threatening assistance.
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SOS (worldwide)
Dispatch emergency responders to your exact location - worldwide.
Use this function In the event of a life threatening or other critical emergency to notify emergency services of your location and that you need assistance. The GEOS International Emergency Response Center alerts the appropriate agencies worldwide.
Once activated, SPOT will acquire its exact coordinates from the GPS network, and send that location along with a distress message to a GEOS International Emergency Response Center every five minutes until cancelled. The Emergency Response Center notifies the appropriate emergency responders based on your location and personal information - which may include local police, highway patrol, the Coast Guard, our country's embassy or consulate, or other emergency response or search and rescue teams - as well as notifying your emergency contact person(s) about the receipt of a distress signal.
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Track Progress (Additional service required)
Start/stop tracking at any time using the SPOT Connect App. You can also mark a Reference Point or send Check-in/OK messages from specific locations while in Track Progress mode.
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Type & Send (Additional service required)
Use SPOT Connect to send custom email and text messages via satellites to your contacts. Create up to 41 character SOS, Help and Check-in/OK messages. Messages will be sent directly to the contact groups you select via email or SMS. You can even post custom messages on Twitter and Facebook. If you encounter problems, you can send custom SOS messages describing your situation, with your GPS position included.
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Social Networks
Don't lose the connection to your social networks when you venture off the cellular grid. SPOT Connect with the basic service package enables you to send Predefined messages to your favorite social destinations. The Type & Send function allows you to create short custom messages in the field, which you can send to social destinations or specific contacts via email or text message.
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This price is
only for the
Spot Connect device, not subscription plans.
Once purchased, you'll need to register and activate your device via the
Official Spot Website, and also download the
App.
The
Basic plan (mandatory) includes SOS, Help, Check-in/OK, Custom Message, Facebook & Twitter integration, and Spot Adventures. This is a $115 US per year subscription.
You can also subscribe to the additional
Tracking plan for $49.99 US per year, which allows you to send and save your location, or the
Type & Send, which allows custom messages to be created from your SPOT device that are delivered over the satellite network to emergency personnel, your personal contacts, or selected social networks from virtually anywhere regardless of mobile service.
5 free
Type & Send texts are included, additional texts are charged at 50 cents US per message. You can also purchase bundles in your Spot Account, 100 messages for $29.99 USD or 500 messages for $49.99 USD.
For more information on service plans, click here.
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