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.
- Send messages from virtually anywhere via satellite
- Type & Send message (41 character) or Predefined message (120 character) options*
- Track Progress on Google Maps™ or SPOT Adventures page*
- Integrates with SPOTadventures.com and popular social destinations
- Smartphone app for operation and detailed status
- On device SOS button for standalone emergency operation
SOS: Emergency assistance request sent with your
GPS location to GEOS every 5 min until batteries die or until cancelled The GEOS
International Emergency Response Center alerts the appropriate agencies
worldwide – for example contacting 9-1-1 responders in North America and 1-1-2
responders in Europe.
HOW IT WORKS:
Once activated, SPOT will acquire its exact
coordinates from the GPS network, and send that location along with a distress
message to the GEOS International Emergency Response Center every five minutes
until cancelled or until the batteries are depleted. The Emergency Response
Center notifies the appropriate emergency responders based on your GPS location
and personal information – which may include local police, highway patrol, the
Coast Guard, our country's embassy or consulate, or other emergency search and
rescue teams – as well as notifying your emergency contacts about the receipt of
a distress signal.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Even if SPOT
cannot acquire its location from the GPS network it will still attempt to send a
distress signal – without exact location – to GEOS, which will still notify your
contacts of the signal and continue to monitor the network for further
messages.
9-1-1 EMERGENCY SERVICES POWERED BY GEOS Search and
Rescue
HOW IT WORKS:
Once activated, SPOT acquires your
location from the GPS network and routes it along with the HELP message through
the SPOT satellite network every five minutes for one hour or until cancelled.
Your contacts will receive an SMS text message including coordinates, or an
email with a link to Google Maps™ showing your
location.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Even if SPOT cannot
acquire its location from the GPS network it will still attempt to send a HELP
message – without exact location – to your personal contacts.
Check-in/OK: Send a pre-defined message allowing
your friends and family know that all is OK along with your GPS location. With a
push of a button a message is sent via email or SMS to up to 10 pre-determined
contacts and 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
Adventure account.
HOW IT WORKS:
Once you have activated your SPOT
Messenger and set up your account, you can change your contacts and customize
your message at any time. When you push the Check-in/OK button, you send one
pre-programmed message to your contacts. Your contacts will receive an SMS text
message including coordinates, or an email with a link to Google Maps™ showing
your location.
Track Progress: This feature allows you to send and
save your location and allow contacts to track your progress in near real time
using Google Maps. With your SPOT account you have the ability to set up a SPOT
Shared Page which allows you to show your SPOT GPS locations to others on a
Google Map. (Additional service required).
HOW IT WORKS:
Once activated, SPOT acquires and sends
your GPS coordinates to your SPOT account automatically every 10 minutes for 24
hours or until canceled. SPOT tracking must be reengaged to continue. Creating a
SPOT Shared Page allows you to share your GPS route with your friends and family
easily in near real time on the web through a personal link. You can make your
Shared Page private or public. Your choice! Just share that url with your
friends and family and they can easily track your adventures. You can also link
your SPOT Messenger to SPOT Adventures, a social portal, where you can set up a
profile and blog with others sharing their SPOT adventures.
Type & Send: 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.
Important Note:
Type & Send Messaging is available
in two different ways. For an economical option, you may purchase a bundle of
either 500 or 100 messages. If you are not sure of your usage, you can just be
charged for every individual message that you send. If choosing a bundle, you
will also be able to put the bundle on auto-renew so you never are without the
reduced text charges the bundle has to offer. This bundle will only auto renew
when your account runs out of messages. There is a 10 message buffer so you
never run out of messages. These bundles are an annual plan. If you chose auto
renewal, and run out of message before your renewal date, your bundle will auto
renew when you get down to those 10 messages. If you don't use all your message
before your renewal date, you end up losing those messages as they don't roll
over.
You can have more than one Type & Send bundle per device, but
only one of them will auto renew. This you will see selectable in your account.
Currently, we are giving 5 Type & Send messages FREE when you activate a
Basic Service plan. Then, select a Type & Send Message option best for you.
This allows you to try this service on us for 5 messages.
Type &
Send Message Cost Structure - When you send a Type & Send Message, you are
sending one message to a Contact Group. Whether you have one person or 50 people
in that contact group, you are only charged for one message. SPOT provides the
delivery of the message to each contact in the group for one message fee.
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.
HOW IT WORKS:
Once activated, log into your SPOT
account and click the Share tab. Under Other Sharing Sites, you can choose which
Social Networking site you would like to link to your account. Updates are sent
when the Check-in/OK button is pressed. Post a Check-in/OK message to your
Facebook or Twitter page when out of cell range and automatically include a map
link to your location.
*Additional charges apply for Type & Send and Track Progress service
plans.
SPECS
Size:
3" x 2.6" x 1.2"
(7.6 cm x 6.6 cm x 3.2 cm)
Weight:
4.9 oz (w/ batteries)
