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title: "Blues"
description: "Cellular connectivity hardware for connecting any device"
url: "https://shippin.io/products/blues"
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# Blues

> Cellular connectivity hardware for connecting any device

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Website | https://blues.com/ |
| Category | Hardware & IoT |
| Pricing | Paid |
| Launched | 2 July 2026 |
| Upvotes | 0 |
| Builder | [@shippinio](https://shippin.io/users/shippinio.md) |
| Logo | https://img.logo.dev/blues.com?token=pk_aazUW6Q3T3mf77KpXTSxcw |
| Cover | https://img.logo.dev/blues.com?token=pk_aazUW6Q3T3mf77KpXTSxcw&size=512 |

## About Blues

Blues makes small, low-cost cellular connectivity modules, called Notecards, that hardware developers plug directly into their device design to add reliable, secure cellular connectivity without navigating carrier contracts, SIM card logistics, or building their own cellular modem integration from scratch. A Notecard communicates with a host microcontroller over a simple interface and handles the entire cellular connection, data compression, and secure transmission to the cloud, which removes an enormous amount of embedded systems complexity that has historically made adding cellular connectivity to a hardware product a significant engineering project on its own. Blues' pricing model bundles a device's cellular data plan into the cost of the hardware itself, avoiding the recurring per-device carrier billing relationships that typically make deploying IoT devices at scale an ongoing operational headache for a hardware company. Because the Notecard handles security, including encrypted communication, out of the box, hardware teams don't need deep cellular security expertise to avoid common IoT security pitfalls that have led to well-publicized device vulnerabilities in the industry. Blues is aimed at hardware startups and product teams building connected devices for use cases like remote asset tracking, environmental monitoring, and industrial equipment, where reliable, low-maintenance cellular connectivity needs to just work in the field without a dedicated telecom engineering team managing it.

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