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Open GPS Tracker using Cheap Cell Phone
hackedgadgets.com - 4/3/2009
Open GPS Tracker using Cheap Cell Phone
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  Looks like the cheap prepaid Motorola cell phones that you can find at many of the convenience stores can be used for projects such as this Open GPS Tracker project . It would be interesting to make a device that worked like a poor mans LoJack . "The Open GPS Tracker is a ...
mediacenter.motorola.com - 3/30/2009
Motorola Media Center - Press Releases - Motorola Evoke™ QA4 Puts You One Touch Away from Your ...
— mediacenter.motorola.com — LIBERTYVILLE, Ill. – March 30, 2009 – Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today introduced Motorola Evoke™ QA4, a... socially-inclined device with a 2.8” full touch-screen that keeps you constantly connected. Evoke supports different messaging styles with a full ... (more) Motorola Media Center - Press Releases - Motorola Evoke™ ...

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The Motorola Media Mover Video Gadget
zatznotfunny.com - 4/6/2009
The Motorola Media Mover Video Gadget
— zatznotfunny.com — This one’s been percolating for some time within Motorola’s labs. We last saw the “Media Mover” back... in September sporting a different enclosure and name (MCUBE). Motorola (MOT) hopes the device will become the “Swiss ... (more) The Motorola Media Mover Video Gadget

Comments vote down Gizmodo found this 4/6/2009found this
Open GPS Tracker
electronics-lab.com - 4/3/2009
Open GPS Tracker
— electronics-lab.com — author: mike [AT] opengpstracker.org - www.opengpstracker.org Intro | Build it! | Command reference | How it works... | Download | Customize | Todo | User forum The Open GPS Tracker is a small device which plugs into a $20 prepaid mobile phone to make a ... (more) Open GPS Tracker

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Open GPS Tracker based on cheap prepaid phone
SlashGear — ... with a battery supply. Like the commercial units, the Open GPS Tracker can respond to movement or an SMS message, and sends out the exact GPS position so you can display it on Google Maps.  If it’s out of coverage then it caches the locations and serves them up once it finds another signal. If you’re handy with a soldering iron, and fancy saving some money, this could be a really useful project to attempt. [via Hacked-Gadgets] ...

Open GPS Tracker built from Cell Phone
Gadget Venue — ... back it’s current location and speed as well as other bits of information. This information can then be fed in to mapping software such as Google Maps so you can track the exact location of it. Current Hardware Platform * Tyco Electronics A1035D GPS module * Motorola C168i AT&T GoPhone prepaid mobile phone * Atmel ATTINY84-20PU AVR microcontroller” For those who love electronics this is a cool project for you to test out! Via: HackedGadgets ...

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If you don’t feel like shelling out hundreds of dollars for a GPS tracking system you’ll have to check out this open source GPS tracking system called Open GPS Tracker . The Open GPS Tracker is a small device which plugs into a $20 prepaid mobile phone to make a GPS tracker. The ...