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Date: September 08, 2017 at 01:37:14
From: C, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Digital walkie talkie app becomes top download thanks to Hurricane Irm |
URL: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4862810/Zello-app-download-thanks-Hurricane-Irma.html#ixzz4s4fqX200 |
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You never know, it might come in handy.
Digital walkie talkie app becomes top download thanks to Hurricane
Irma with one million downloads in 24 hours
Zello walkie talkie app now top free download on Google Play and
App Store
Communications app was used by Cajun Navy during Harvey rescue
operations
Now Floridians are bracing for communications outages as Irma
looms
But they should be aware that Zello requires WiFi or cellular data link
to work
By Keith Griffith For Dailymail.com
Published: 12:25 EDT, 7 September 2017 | Updated: 16:43 EDT, 7
September 2017
A digital walkie talkie app has become the top downloaded app as
Hurrican Irma threatens Florida and the southern Atlantic seaboard.
Zello was the top free download in both Apple's App Store and the
Google Play store on Thursday, after gaining fame as the top
communications tool of the 'Cajun Navy' Harvey rescuers in Houston.
'Over 1 million people have joined in the last day, with most coming
from Puerto Rico and Florida,' Zello CTO Alexey Gavrilov said in a
statement.
Gavrilov warned users that Zello is not designed for disaster
communications though, and will not work without either a WiFi or
cellular data link, dispelling online rumors to the contrary.
As Texas recovers from Harvey and Florida braces for Irma, other
hurricane-related apps dominated the two main app stores.
The NOAA weather radar app was the number five free download in
Google Play Thursday, with the Hurricane Tracker app taking the
store's number five paid slot.
Meanwhile, NOAA Radar Pro and Hurricane Tracker were the top
two paid downloads on Apple's App Store.
Zello differs from other messaging or voice apps by allowing the user
to hold down a button and broadcast to other users logged into a
specific channel - just like a traditional walkie talkie.
False rumors circulating on Facebook have implied that Zello works
even when internet and cell service are out, which the company has
said is not true.
'If there is no WiFi and no cellular data service, communication apps
(including Zello) WON'T WORK,' Gavrilov said in the statement.
However, he added: 'Text messaging apps and Zello use a fraction of
bandwidth of phone calls and will often work when phone calls won’t
get through.'
The Zello app entered the spotlight as Hurricane Harvey pounded
Texas, when volunteer rescuers from the Cajun Navy used it as their
main communications tool.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4862810/Zello-
app-download-thanks-Hurricane-Irma.html#ixzz4s4fqX200
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Date: September 24, 2017 at 17:23:03
From: long timer, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Digital walkie talkie app becomes top download thanks to... |
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only problem - if you don't have wifi or cellular
link, this app doesn't help anyone...
so, thinking of all those in PR,
all the cell towers gone, and no electricity (which
would be needed for a modem to work....etc.
what good would this app be then?
Most tv reporters I have seen reporting from PR are
using satelight phones.
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