{"id":625246,"date":"2010-01-08T14:59:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-08T19:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"Gizmodo-5443926"},"modified":"2010-01-08T14:59:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-08T19:59:00","slug":"delormes-pn-60w-gps-communicator-uses-satellite-to-connect-to-sms-facebook-twitter-gps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/625246","title":{"rendered":"DeLorme&#8217;s PN-60w GPS Communicator Uses Satellite to Connect to SMS, Facebook, Twitter [GPS]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cache.gawker.com\/assets\/images\/gizmodo\/2010\/01\/delorme-pn-60w-and-spot-communicator.jpg?w=340\" class=\"left image340\"  \/>If you&#8217;re out in the middle of the Yukon wilderness and really have to send a tweet about the moose you just killed and ate with your bare hands, Delorme&#8217;s PN-60w GPS is just the device you need.<\/p>\n<p>Leveraging the SPOT satellite communicator\/ messenger service to connect to internet services such as Twitter and Facebook, not to mention as SMS, you can maintain communications with the mainstream world even when you&#8217;re literally in the middle of nowhere (and no cell towers are to be seen). Going beyond a list of pre-written form messages, you can type custom message of your own to update the masses on your activities and whereabouts. The only problem? There&#8217;s no keypad, keyboard or touchscreen on the thing.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> gawkerGallery(5443925,11,''); <\/script><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s also standard GPS features like mapping, a compass, emergency assistance and geocaching. As for availability, the PN-60w will be available in the spring for $450 on its own and $550 bundled with the <a class=\"autolink\" title=\"Click here to read more posts tagged #spotcommunicator\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/spotcommunicator\/\">SPOT communicator<\/a>. In short, this thing is good if you&#8217;re a man of the wild, not so good if you spend most your time hunting for machiattos. 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