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Guessing, the Apple media team is being dispatched to Alaska to film a segment on this for future commercials or Apple event.
by dangerboysteve 4y ago
Guessing, the Apple media team is being dispatched to Alaska to film a segment on this for future commercials or Apple event.
- signatoremo 4y agoThey should, and if they don’t other people should. It’s a life saving feature using a device manage people already carry, and I don’t think many people are aware of it.
- di456 4y agoAbsolutely. Stand alone GPS transponders with satelite connections must be expensive too. Having this as an extra layer of protection seems like a game changer.
- beej71 4y agoKinda pricey for the standalone, but not too bad. $300 for a starter Garmin. But you'll have about a $160 per year subscription. (I've had one for years--it's been invaluable peace of mind on solo trips.) The Garmin uses Iridium; the iPhone is apparently Globalstar. So don't try using the iPhone at the poles. ;) Great to see it coming to phones. Maybe Pixel will get on board.
- plastiquebeech 4y agoTop Gear did this, back when they were still on the BBC. They dropped one presenter and a camera crew out of a helicopter around the top of a hill-climb OHV track in the Canadian wilderness, and had them activate an emergency beacon. The other two had to perform a rescue race in pickup trucks. Overall, it was an entertaining ad.
- lostlogin 4y agoIsn’t Top Gear still on the BBC? Or are you meaning the Top Gear with Clarkson? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gear_(2002_TV_series) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gear_(2002_TV_series)