The Spot's are becoming more popular with fisho's that go bush - the ability to be able to send a few non-emergency messages when "off-the-grid" is very handy - "Yes dear, back at the car now..."
I think the new Spot Connect versions will link with your smart phone so you can send whatever - sms, email, facebook, twitter updates
- through the sat network, when you are out woop woop.
Al, other than adding the 61 and dropping the leading zero, not sure what else - assume your wife is on the same mobile carrier?