A FaceTime Call From the Middle of the Pacific Ocean

On the right : the slur on the globe most isolated from land , distinguish by over a thousand miles from the nearest landmass in every direction . On the left field : an iPhone 4 FaceTime call from that exact location . Whoa .

On the wetter side of the line is Philippe Kahn , who is sail a sauceboat from Santa Cruz , California to Honolulu Hawaii for the 2010 Pacific Cup ( read more about Philippe ’s adventureshere ) . Thanks to a artificial satellite connector unwashed to such vessels , he has a Wi - Fi connection on display board and can FaceTime with other members of his team back in California . The connection is n’t unflawed , but a lot of landlocked FaceTime call I ’ve made have n’t been either .

They polish off the call by trading superlative for the experience : “ amazing , ” “ unbelievable , ” and “ unbelievable , ” but in theblog post on the Pegasus site , they finally drop the molar concentration - bomb : “ When it came up , it was like magic ! ” And for the first meter , I cogitate , with this little pocketable equipment bringing these friend and colleagues face - to - look from what ’s literally the most remote locating on Earth , using that word to describe it does n’t seem so ridiculous . [ Pegasus ]