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In the movie Cast Away, according to director Robert Zemeckis, the one FedEx box Tom Hanks' character did not open contained a satellite phone.
Whether you are an isolation/desolation professional, consummate jet setter, stalwart seafarer, persistent pleasure cruiser or just a gadget happy road warrior, you'll find use for an Iridium satellite phone system and a Motorola 9505 Portable Satellite Phone. These units are about the size of a common household cordless phone and promise total global connectivity--so long as you're outdoors. They also accommodate a suite of accessories giving portable computers access to email, intranets and the Internet as well as user access to regular cell phone airwaves through an optional snap-in module. The tailored subscription packages include a single, planet-wide phone number and a host of calling features (Call Forwarding, Alpha/Numeric paging, Call display, etc) with an interface as easy to use as conventional personal communication systems, but boasting a stratospheric scope.
Conversations on a 9505 (or any satellite phone for that matter) are somewhat tinny, occasionally lack clarity and often have perceptible delay or lag, but the overall effect is still an amazing application of modern communications technology--especially considering the alternatives, which could be an Iditarod ride to a pay phone or a flotsam display of yesterday's mayday.
With Iridium's Motorola 9505 Portable Satellite Phone System, Cast Away would have been a 20 minute movie.
Reviewed: Nov. 01, 2002
Type: MobilityTech
From: Iriduim
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