“Want a satellite phone but don’t want the hassle of swapping out your regular smartphone for some bulky device?” Adrian Kingsley-Hughes reports for ZDNet. “The Iridium GO! might be just the gadget for you.”
“The Iridium GO! looks like a regular portable hotspot device that you might use to connect your devices to a cellular network, but instead of connecting to land-based cell towers, this devices connects to the constellation of Iridium communication satellites that orbit almost 500 miles above the Earth,” Kingsley-Hughes reports.
“The Iridium GO! is built to MIL-STD 810F spec and is water – and dust-proof to IP65. It comes with a battery that’s good for some 7 hours of usage and 16hours of standby.”
Kingsley-Hughes reports, “If you want to or need to remain connected when off-the-grid, this is one of the quickest and easiest to use solutions out there, and works surprisingly well as long as you are aware of the limitations of the Iridium network, and don’t expect 3G/4G style performance from the service.”
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MacDailyNews Take: When you absolutely have to be in contact from pretty much anywhere, even at sea, this is an excellent solution. Whether you are traveling to Africa or Antarctica the Iridium satellite network will keep you in touch from virtually anywhere on the planet.