SPOT Satellite Messenger

	Backpacker Magazine 2008 Editors’ Choice Award The SPOT Satellite Messenger was presented with the Editors’ Choice Award at the annual Outdoor Retailer Show in Salt Lake City in January 2008. Since 1993 Backpacker editors have recognized products as the best of the year according to months of field testing by teams of highly trained hikers and climbers. Hundreds of new products every year are put through a rigorous testing processes to ensure the performance of the winner is truly worthy of distinction and meets the guiding principles the program: gear that is of real value to the readers of Backpacker magazine, who are very active, long-term outdoor enthusiasts.
	SAIL Magazine Freeman K. Pittman Innovation Award Each year SAIL honors the memory of the late Freeman K. Pittman,SAILS technical editor for 14 years, who was widely respected within the industry as an expert on gear, innovation, and technology. In the February 2008 issue, SAIL announced its annual Freeman K. Pittman Innovation Awards recognizing the best gear-related thinking within the marine market. The SPOT Satellite Messenger was chosen for safety and innovation technology.
	Cabela’s 2008 Buyers’ Choice Gold Medal Award SPOT Satellite Messenger was awarded the Gold Medal in the annual Buyers Choice Awards voted by the buyers of Cabela’s, a leading specialty retailer of hunting, fishing, camping and related outdoor merchandise. SPOT and other new products are tested on specific criteria including technical innovation, construction and materials quality, value and potential for consumer acceptance.
	Consumer Electronics Association (CEA®) 2008 Innovations Design and Engineering Award The SPOT™ Satellite Messenger has a has been awarded the Consumer Electronics Association’s (CEA®) 2008 Innovations Design and Engineering Award. The award, judged and selected annually by a panel of independent industrial designers, engineers and journalists, was given to SPOT in the category of Personal Electronics. Since 1989, the prestigious Innovations Design and Engineering Awards have given consumer technology manufacturers and developers an opportunity to have their newest products judged by a preeminent panel of independent industrial designers, independent engineers and members of the trade press. Products chosen as the most impressive in each category are selected as honorees and can be seen in the Innovations Design and Engineering Awards Showcase at the Sands Expo and Convention Center during International CES. As an award recipient, SPOT will be featured in the Innovations Showcase booth at the Sands Convention Center at the annual Consumer Electronics Show, January 7-10, in Las Vegas. SPOT Inc. will also be featuring the unit at its CES booth, # 71739, also at the Sands.