Eager to bring a taste of retro telephony into the modern era, [Marek] retrofitted this vintage Polish telephone with a GSM upgrade. The phone [Marek] salvaged had already been largely gutted ...

One needs specialized gear to tap into the satphone network, few of us can justify the expense of satellite phone service, and fewer still care to carry around a brick with a chunky antenna on it ...

Large chunks of the planet are still of out of reach of mobile phone signals - billions are still without access to digital communications. But this could change thanks to shrinking satellite ...

A new partnership between the satellite phone firm Iridium and chip giant Qualcomm will bring satellite connectivity to premium Android smartphones later in the year. It means that in places where ...

Google Maps is the top navigation app with accurate directions and street views, and iPhone users love it, too. Google Arts & ...

Someone moved the UK's oldest satellite and there appears to be no record of exactly who, when or why. Launched in 1969, just ...

If you own a recent iPhone or Pixel phone, you’ve got an emergency backup communication option in a crisis: satellite messaging. Introduced by Apple with the iPhone 14 and iOS 16 in 2022 (and ...

What that means, obviously, is that the iPhone in your pocket is (to some extent) a satellite phone. Apple has continued to expand the services and nations into which it provides satellite ...

A friend recently asked if I knew where he could get a “vintage” Sony Walkman for his ... really enchanting,” Adam Fuerst says over the phone. Fuerst, along with his wife Kori, founded ...

Please verify your email address. Modern iPhones & Android phones offer satellite connectivity for emergencies. iPhone 14 and up support satellite connection, and you can practice connecting to a ...