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by daniper 12y ago
Our first prototypes worked over the audio jack (à la Square) but from both performance and form factor perspectives, having it work wirelessly over BLE worked better. That being said we can work audio and other data interfaces into later p
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by daniper 12y ago
The app comes with a vector map of the entire world. You can then download specific areas to get complete detail (i.e. down to hiking trails and city blocks) before you head out -- depending which maps you want you'll download via smal
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by daniper 12y ago
goTenna's transmission rate goes up to 19,200 baud
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by daniper 12y ago
Congestion is definitely the main reason. What we've done at goTenna's networking layer though, is we've made it listen-before-talk. That, added to the fact that we're only doing short-burst transmissions, makes it highl
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by daniper 12y ago
We have an open SDK coming out soon -- you can sign up for developer updates at our website
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by daniper 12y ago
Yes, we've built everything from scratch! It's been fun/impossible. :)
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by daniper 12y ago
Agreed. Substantially better. Our first goTenna prototypes worked at 900 MHz band and we could barely get 0.5 km (NOT MILES) line of sight. With the goTennas that are now out for pre-order, we've gotten anywhere from 0.5 miles to 3.5 m
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by daniper 12y ago
Daniela, goTenna cofounder here. We're actually operating at the 151-154 MHz range :)
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by daniper 12y ago
Daniela, goTenna cofounder here. Yes, to all of the above :)
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by daniper 12y ago
At set up, you can either set up your goTenna ID to be your phone number (recommended, as it will then integrate with your contact list and make it easy for other people you know using goTenna to find you with goTenna) or a randomly generat
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by daniper 12y ago
Most of the time. We live in NYC and have gotten anywhere from 0.5 mile to 3.5 miles range here, depending what part of the city you're in. There's nearly no such thing as LOS in a city unless, say, you're in a skyscraper ;)
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by daniper 12y ago
Wow, this is definitely a scam.
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by daniper 12y ago
I believe you're asking if there's a user interface to goTenna? If so, not in the current device. The UI is your smartphone -- the point is to conform to consumer behavior (i.e. the way you already text on your phone).
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by daniper 12y ago
goTenna will retry sending your message a few times, and then if it still doesn't go through, will alert you that it hasn't been delivered. At that point you can try again manually. There are delivery confirmation receipts for 1:1
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by daniper 12y ago
100%!!! Our dev kits will be available soon: http://bit.ly/1oRwBkI
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by daniper 12y ago
Hey, we're working with all kinds of disaster relief nonprofits and the like. Would be great to hear from you: partnerup@gotenna.com
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by daniper 12y ago
We're currently shipping to only US & Canada for regulatory reasons ;)
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by daniper 12y ago
We want to do that, but FCC regulations don't enable meshing (currently) on the bands we're using (151-154 MHz, aka the MURS band). We considered releasing a 900 MHz device that the FCC allows to mesh but then you only get, if y
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by daniper 12y ago
Preach on! :) Yes, we think we're better/more convenient than walkie-talkies for a few reasons. 1) We integrate with the smartphone you already have on you. 2) The asynchronous communication, as you said, allows for less miscommu
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by daniper 12y ago
The platform possibilities are endless. Our dev kits will be ready soon: http://bit.ly/1oRwBkI
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by daniper 12y ago
All transmissions are end-to-end encrypted, unless you use the "shout" or "emergency" features which are, by definition, messages to everyone within range of you.
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by daniper 12y ago
Our first device operates on frequencies that only enable 9600 baud transmissions. So we want everything as tight/small as possible in terms of packet-size so we can have a scalable networking layer
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by daniper 12y ago
I get it's not for everyone, but what we learned as we developed this is that more people wanted asynchronous data comms as opposed to real-time voice. And when I say "more," I mean like, 75% of testers preferred the former.
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by daniper 12y ago
It does! Which OS/browser are you using?
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by daniper 12y ago
We industrially designed a nylon attachment strap to each goTenna so you can attach it wherever you'd like. Including, I suppose, your head.
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by daniper 12y ago
We'll expand internationally later!
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by daniper 12y ago
Yes, we're focused, with this first product, on asynchronous, low-bandwidth data comms. Through our R&D for the past 21 months, that's what most testers and people wanted most, especially when they don't have service othe
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by daniper 12y ago
Correct!
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by daniper 12y ago
Daniela, goTenna co-founder here -- back-haul is the 'easy part.' We just wanted to start with the hard part, i.e. a communication system that never requires central connectivity; a smart network with no actual central brain.
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by daniper 12y ago
goTenna is an ad hoc reconfigurable network in that you can create your own network (1:1; groups, 1:all; all:1) but we can't currently mesh due to FCC regulations. So we went with long-range instead, since meshing is most useful in den

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