“A device which can connect two mobile phones over a distance of 50 miles even when there is no reception has gone on pre-order today,” Matthew Sparkes reports for The Telegraph.
“The goTenna connects to smartphones or tablets via Bluetooth and allows users to send and receive text messages or share GPS locations for free using a custom app,” Sparkes reports. “The device is being marketed as a way to stay in touch when in rural areas without mobile phone coverage or extremely busy events like music festivals where mobile networks can become overwhelmed.”
“The device is available for pre-order from today for $149.99 a pair – half the price that the company will charge after a full launch, it claims,” Sparkes reports. “It works with any Apple device running iOS 7 or above, or Android devices running 4.X or above.”
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Read more in the full article here.
Seems interesting. Woulda been good when I was working in the oil field in southeast New Mexico and didn’t have service.
Dude is smoking pot at the end of the video.
http://static.gotenna.com
Got to investigate, but if as advertised, I’m buying two pair.
I’ll check this out. After looking at options before, I picked up a T-Mobile MiFi on a good discount, but T-Mobile has been a dismal failure especially given their coverage maps flat out lie. Mea culpa for trying T-Mobile.
Yeah, I did the one week trial on T-Mobile with the iPhone 5s. I loved the phone (I currently have an iphone 5). But the coverage in buildings where I work was zilch. So I couldn’t switch as badly as I wanted to get away from AT&T.
My office struggles with signal with all four major carriers. I’m very much looking forward to wifi calling on T-Mobile with iOS 8.
Ehhh….I’m wondering if it’s technology that’s in those 20-30+ mile range walkie talkies that get a few hundred yards at best. I’ve had a few pairs of those and they don’t work even a block away.
extremely busy events like music festivals where mobile networks can become overwhelmed
Silly question: What happens when lots of people at these festivals have the attenna doohickey? Won’t the signals get confused?
——RM
So, $150.00 for two people to use this, eh? Hmmmm, this is just a phone to phone signal thingamajig eh? Up to 50 miles? It might be a good idea.
The vid’s pretty funny with the dope smoking dude and the comic-con dudes. Gotta like a sense of humor.