This "emergency distress beacon" app gave me a good laugh

[diesel]

Apparently, a free app hit the app store called Emergency Distress Beacon and as described, "Take this program with you whenever you go to a remote destination. Do you hike or backpack alone? This is a must have application."

What i find funny is that this will email your gps coordinates to your buddies, but whe you're in a "remote" location, can you really expect to have a cell signal to email out your coordinates?

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=288770664&mt=8

 

[Niiro13]

You'd be surprised at the number of remote places you can find cell signals at.

 

[diesel]

You'd be surprised at the number of remote places you can find cell signals at.

hard to believe considering the number of urban places where i can find dead zones where there is no cell signal

 

[iShater]

hard to believe considering the number of urban places where i can find dead zones where there is no cell signal

Depends on the coverage, but this can be handy.

Haven't you been watching the AT&T commercials?