Re:SpareOne: Emergency mobile phone powered by AA batteries
by asmithmd1 on Sunday May 15, 2016 @12:52PM
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Why bother trying to hack it? For $40 you can get an Arduino with a cell modem built it:
http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/Seeeduino-GPRS-p-1909.html
What about a SIM and data plan you ask? Head over to:
With just a credit card, no contract required, you can buy a SIM for $2.75 and $1/month gets you 750k of data. You can turn SIMs on and off month to month. You have to buy 10 SIMs to get started but they are having a promotion right now to get 10 SIMs for the price of one.
I have no connection to either Seeed Studio or Aeris other than being a happy customer of both
Re:SpareOne: Emergency mobile phone powered by AA batteries
by castratikron on Sunday May 15, 2016 @01:03PM
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Wow, I've actually been looking for something exactly like this. Thank you for sharing.
Re:SpareOne: Emergency mobile phone powered by AA batteries
by nandhp on Sunday May 15, 2016 @12:07PM
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$25 Annual Plan
Includes SpareOne Locate and Alert service and 120 minutes of nationwide calling. Includes basic voicemail, call waiting and 3-way calling.
https://www.att.com/cellphones/spareone/emergency-phone-prep...
(But of course you don't need a plan to use a cell phone for 9-1-1.)
I think some kind of wind-up cell phone charger would be more useful for people than a separate cell phone powered by AA batteries ("Hey, where'd I put those spare AA batteries...?")