Qualcomm GSP-1600 Cell Phone

Pros: Coverage all over the planet. Very long battery life.
Cons: Bulky. Not many bells and whistles.

I've had the GSP-1600 for about 3 years now, and I use it in my car everyday. I bought it as a safety device when flying light aircraft. I still carry it when I fly, but I don't use it as my primary personal phone anymore,except in the car.

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Pros: One phone (GSP 1600) two phone numbers at your convenience.
Cons: Size of the GSP 1600 is not small but you get use to it.

I rely on communications almost every day of my life. I use to have many of the cell phones that were offered with the local providers. When I went out of cell range many times and would come accross situations where I wished I had some form of communicating with safety personnel I realized that I was putting myself at risk.

I think of the many backpacking trips and kayaking trips that were well out of cell range that were without any injuries or mishaps. In order for me to keep going to the outdoors with a peace of mind after reading about many incidents of tragedies that could have had a better outcome if there was communications gear I decided to have satelite communication.

I did some research on satelite communication gear and decided on the Globalstars GSP 1600 for all of my communication gear. It has the capability of a local cellular number which I use for my everyday cellular needs and a satelite number for when I am out of cell range which I enjoy very much too.