Watched the Beartooth Techcrunch video as was not particularly impressed. Especially with the solution to a problem that already exists. Did no one tell the presenter? The $600 Smartphone and the propriety Beartooth adapter (Price Currently Unknown), we could be talking about a $1000 solution with limited performance that can be solved for a $75 Wouxun KG-UVD1P..or even cheaper! But then again we all love our smartphones..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNWpLzSd940


Edit. BTW if I need improved newtork coverage for any Smartphone (fishing trips where there is no official coverage) I will ussually take the following items..

http://www.amazon.co.uk/ZTE-MF60-Mobile-...p;keywords=mifi

http://www.dx.com/p/1710-2170mhz-12dbi-d...ma-female-37398

With my dual SIM smartphone and one other in the Mifi adapter, this allows me to potentially even to switch easily between 3 different network providers.