I had a standard SPOT messenger but stupidly left it in a hotel in Izmir, Turkey a couple of years ago and never managed to get it back (but did manage to get it disabled by SPOT before someone pressed the SOS button). It was a great bit of kit and allowed me to let selected people know exactly where I was and that i was Ok without the need for internet or phone coverage.
Anyway, last year on a RTW trip I bought the new generation of SPOT devices - a SPOT Connect - in New York-got it back to the hotel and found I couldn't use it because I could not download the App from the US Apple site as I was a UK citizen and had no US address to register with APple plus the added problem that the SPOT Connect wasn't available in the UK at that time so I there was no SPOT App on the UK Apple site. However, when I finally got back home I found that the UK Apple site was now giving out the App that I neede - I couldn't be bothered at this stage so I just left the SPOT sitting in my garage.
Today I dug out the SPOT and set about activating it.... but it said that I had to update the Firmware. Plugged it into my account OK and started the download but it keeps failing halfway through.
I emailed the customer service centre and they sent a reply giving me an international number to ring the cost of which will start making this device a costly investment so I have decided to throw it away.
My advice is steer clear of the SPOT Connect - it is nowhere near as good as its predecessor.
Anyway, last year on a RTW trip I bought the new generation of SPOT devices - a SPOT Connect - in New York-got it back to the hotel and found I couldn't use it because I could not download the App from the US Apple site as I was a UK citizen and had no US address to register with APple plus the added problem that the SPOT Connect wasn't available in the UK at that time so I there was no SPOT App on the UK Apple site. However, when I finally got back home I found that the UK Apple site was now giving out the App that I neede - I couldn't be bothered at this stage so I just left the SPOT sitting in my garage.
Today I dug out the SPOT and set about activating it.... but it said that I had to update the Firmware. Plugged it into my account OK and started the download but it keeps failing halfway through.
I emailed the customer service centre and they sent a reply giving me an international number to ring the cost of which will start making this device a costly investment so I have decided to throw it away.
My advice is steer clear of the SPOT Connect - it is nowhere near as good as its predecessor.
