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TMCNet: Geos Communications™, Inc. and shoot it!, LLC Announce Mutual Distribution Agreement

[November 17, 2009]

Geos Communications™, Inc. and shoot it!, LLC Announce Mutual Distribution Agreement

SOUTHLAKE, Texas --(Business Wire)-- Geos Communications™, Inc. ("Geos") (OTCBB: GCMI), a leading developer of award-winning patented and innovative high-quality mobile applications and services, announced today it has signed a mutual distribution agreement with shoot it!, LLC.

shoot it! is a postcard messaging application available for the iPhone (News - Alert)™ and the BlackBerry® Curve 8900, Bold, Tour and Storm. With shoot it!, users can take a photo, type a personal message and send a real paper postcard from anywhere to any mailbox in North America, Western Europe and Asia.

By turning your smartphone into a mobile post office with shoot it! you are not only able to communicate visually but also verbally when it is combined with Geos' MyGlobalTalk™ application. MyGlobalTalk provides reduced-cost international long-distance calling from any device: smartphone, cell phone, landline or desk phone, and/or computer.

"Geos, an emerging global communications company, provides leading-edge products that produce true value for our customers. And after learning about shoot it! and testing their product, it was clear that their easy-to-use, smartphone application was in line with our core philosophy. It was a natural fit. We are building a better way to connect people around the world," says Andy Berman, CEO of Geos Communications.

The terms of the agreement allow Geos to rebrand shoot it! under the name MyGlobalPix. Geos will offer MyGlobalPix alongside their existing mobile app MyGlobalTalk™ for a more diverse communications platform for their consumers.

"The MyGlobalTalk app is an economical, easy-to-use mobile application that allows users to make international call for pennies a minute," says shoot it! CEO Steve Wilen. "Add to that the ability to take and send postcards from anywhere to anyone and the resulting combination is a perfect blend of mobile apps for an international user." ABOUT SHOOT IT! shoot it! is a is a postcard messaging application that allows users to take a picture, create a personal message and send it off as a REAL paper postcard from anywhere to any mailbox in North America, Western Europe and Asia. This new ‘postcard messaging' service blends old technology with new technology while giving the consumer a tangible alternative to SMS or MMS. shoot it! is a privately held company based in Scottsdale, Arizona with distribution in North America, Asia and Western Europe. shoot it! currently supports the iPhone, BlackBerry (News - Alert) Curve 8900, Bold, Tour and Storm. shoot it! has immediate plans to be available for all smartphones and distribute to all corners of the globe. Downloads can be found at www.shootit.com, BlackBerry App World and at iTunes for the iPhone. For additional information, visit www.shootit.com.

ABOUT GEOS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

Geos Communications, Inc. is a leading provider of award-winning patented and innovative high-quality mobile applications and services that employ best-of-breed VoIP technology and use a combination of the Company's own services network and the Internet to deliver high-quality communications products to customers on a global scale. Geos Communications' current solutions, which use the MyGlobalTalk™ brand name, provide reduced-cost international long-distance calling from any device: smartphone, cell phone, landline or desk phone, and/or computer. MyGlobalTalk is endorsed by Fred Couples, PGA TOUR veteran and President's Cup Captain, and PGA TOUR player Tom Pernice, Jr. For additional information, visit www.geoscommunications.com or www.myglobaltalk.com.

SAFE HARBOR Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. With the exception of the historical information contained in this release, the matters described herein contain forward-looking statements that involve risk and uncertainties that may individually or mutually impact the matters herein described, including, but not limited to, product acceptance, economic, competitive, governmental, results of litigation, technological and/or other factors which are outside the control of the company. Actual results and developments may differ materially from those contemplated by these statements depending on such factors as changes in general economic conditions and financial or equity markets, technological changes, and other business risk factors. Geos Communications, Inc. does not assume, and expressly disclaims, any obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

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