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Post by Dillzio on Jul 21, 2010 9:52:51 GMT 1
I've got my GPS tracker working now, and i'm quite impressed with it ;D This is a picture of the unit here:  Dimensions: 64mm x 46mm x 17mm (1.8''x2.5''x0.65'') Weight: 50g I've got a pre paid sim card for it, that's pay-as-you-go and the credit never expires on it. Basically, you put the sim card into the GPS tracker, then whenever you want to know where it is, you call the GPS tracker, then it hangs up on you and replies by sms with a link like this: maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl-en&q=-34.815335,138.705251&ie=UTF8&z=16&iwIoc=addr&om=1speed:000.0&imei=357713006253410 With internet enabled on your mobile phone, you then just need to click on the link, and it takes you directly to a street directory on google maps with a pointer telling you where it is. No more lost planes for me! :-) |
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Post by 900dukess on Jul 21, 2010 9:59:00 GMT 1
Cool, did you get it from ebay
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Post by Dillzio on Jul 21, 2010 12:21:39 GMT 1
You know me mate, tight-arsed to the bone! If it's not sold by HobbyKing, you can bet that I probably bought it off ebay :-)
I'm just trying to come up with a good way of mounting it.
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Post by john66 on Jul 21, 2010 12:24:14 GMT 1
I'm just trying to come up with a good way of mounting it. Thats what the guy said who found your last plane!  ;D John |
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Post by ginginho on Jul 21, 2010 12:42:14 GMT 1
I'm just trying to come up with a good way of mounting it. Thats what the guy said who found your last plane! ;D John And I bet he was hoping that he heard this: You know me mate, tight-arsed to the bone! ;D ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by john66 on Jul 21, 2010 13:35:45 GMT 1
And I bet he was hoping that he heard this: You know me mate, tight-arsed to the bone! ;D ;D ;D ;D I really nearly fell off my chair, dammmm how did I miss that one!? LMFAO ;D ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by killioughtta on Jul 22, 2010 4:48:57 GMT 1
You know me mate, tight-arsed to the bone! If it's not sold by HobbyKing, you can bet that I probably bought it off ebay :-) I'm just trying to come up with a good way of mounting it. Great news Dill, HobbyKing is opening a warehouse in Taren Point in Sydney Ecstatic yet? ;D |
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Post by Dillzio on Jul 22, 2010 6:49:45 GMT 1
Thanks for the tip Erwin (and for not paying me out!)
That sounds great!
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Post by killioughtta on Jul 22, 2010 14:27:38 GMT 1
Thanks [for not paying me out!] Oh, I have no interest in your tight arse.  |
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Post by shesbreakingup on Jul 23, 2010 19:41:23 GMT 1
Great stalker toy
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Post by charliebrown on Jul 27, 2010 8:36:44 GMT 1
Cool stuff!  |
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Post by Dillzio on Jul 28, 2010 15:02:37 GMT 1
One tip/warning about the unit. It has a tendency to spontaneously turn it self on. When the battery gets low it sends you SMSs every 30mins, which could potentially use up the credit on your sim card.
When your not using it, safest thing is to take out the battery.
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Post by john66 on Jul 29, 2010 10:21:50 GMT 1
Dammm thats rubbish, we dont have that in the UK, it costs money to send sms but not to receive. I couldnt believe it when I lived in the USA for a cpl of years that it cost money to receive calls and sms. Robbery!
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Post by Dillzio on Jul 29, 2010 11:05:40 GMT 1
Dammm thats rubbish, we dont have that in the UK, it costs money to send sms but not to receive. I couldnt believe it when I lived in the USA for a cpl of years that it cost money to receive calls and sms. Robbery! Ah, slight misunderstanding there John. Here in Aus it doesn't cost anything to receive calls or SMSs. I just meant that when the GPS tracker uses it's own sim to send you the low battery warnings, it will use up the credit on that sim. |
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Post by john66 on Jul 29, 2010 11:09:37 GMT 1
Aaaaaaah I see, understood! On that note, couldn't you get a PAYG sim on the same network as your other sim with an unlimited txt deal or free cos its same network to same network. We get alot of deals like that here.
John
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