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Stay Connected With goTenna Even Without Cellular Coverage

If you happen to get lost on treks often, then goTenna is the thing for you.

 

Lost on a trek and have no network to message or contact your friends? Well, goTenna will help you do the same, without a cellphone network. The low-frequency radio device basically creates its own little network within a 50 mile radius and will allow your smartphone to communicate with another friend using a goTenna via completely private chat messages. You can obviously do a lot more with it, and this makes goTenna a very interesting product.

The cool bit about goTenna is that it is a completely free service and users communicating with each other will only need a goTenna dongle with them to stay connected. What is more interesting is that the 150 USD device will keep on retrying if a message does not reach its recipient.

Apart from chatting, goTenna via its smartphone app (Android and iOS) will let you send locations on detailed offline maps, send group messages, and even “Shout” broadcasts to anyone within range; all built into the app. Also included is end-to-end encryption (RSA-1024) & self-destructing messages along with a proximal friend map when you scamper around together.

As for the goTenna device, it is water and dust resistant and comes with a micro-USB connector for an asking price of 150 USD per pair for now. Once the company reaches it funding goal of 50,000 USD, the price will jump up to 300 USD for a pair of goTennas. As of now the device is available in the US and Canada only.


TAGS: Chat, gps, networking gear

 
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