Design product idea...mini mini mobile

periwinkle


Joined: 21/09/2011
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Message Posted:
22/02/2012 16:08

Why doesnt someone design a mini mini mobile dog collar so if you lose your dog you can ring him and someone will answer !!!

suehowlittle


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Message Posted:
22/02/2012 16:16

But how long would the battery last unless you built in a solar charger as well? It is the ringing of a mobile which uses its battery.



Good idea in principle though and the Chinese can manufacture anything!

periwinkle


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Posts: 83

Message Posted:
22/02/2012 18:23

Yes the Chinese do manufacture anything. Isnt there something you put on a car to know which area it is if you are trying to track it down.

highnoon


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Message Posted:
22/02/2012 18:26

... there it is ...



http://www.gpsdogcollartracking.com/



... not a mobile, but who needs to call when you can have a look at a map

periwinkle


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Message Posted:
24/02/2012 13:32

a GPS dog tracking collar would not work in Northern Cyprus....am I correct?

kbasat



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Message Posted:
24/02/2012 14:13

you are not correct. K

waddo


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Message Posted:
24/02/2012 14:49

Nobody would answer it unless the dog is driving at the time it rang!

periwinkle


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Message Posted:
24/02/2012 15:42

kbasat

Do we have GPS here in TRNC then?

The UK GPS dog tracking collar is £50 but would it work in another Country.

periwinkle


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Message Posted:
24/02/2012 20:07

Re posting Message 8 (if it works...!)

erolz


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Message Posted:
24/02/2012 20:12

GPS - Global positioning system works , er globably.



However GPS can only show where the GPS device is (anywhere on the globe). To get that information from a GPS reciver needs some other technology that can send information, like mobile phone. I have not looked at the linked dog collars, but I suspect they use both GPS, to establish where the dog is and then mobile phone tech to send that information from the dog collar to the owner. So the GPS part is global and will work anywhere. The other mobile phone part will be 'local' and need a 'local' mobile phone provider.

erolz


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Message Posted:
24/02/2012 20:18

Ok looking at the products in the link in post 4, it would seem they use GPS to give the dogs location and then a 'walky talky' type of system to send that to a reciver that the owner has. THis would work in the TRNC but the limit of such a system is that you the owner have to be within 7 miles of the dog for the 'walky talky' signal to reach you and that is going by the 'sales blurb'. I suspect in reality the range is a lot less than this in many real world senarios.

erolz


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Message Posted:
24/02/2012 20:25

http://www.pawtrax.co.uk/main/



This one uses the mobile phone network and says you 'can use your own sim' so in theory this should work in the TRNC using a telsim or turkcell sim card and mobile phone account but I would email the sellers and ask specificaly about use in the TRNC. It would also work in the TRNC with a UK sim card with the relevant romaing contract but the mobile phone charges might be excessive using it this way.

periwinkle


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Message Posted:
26/02/2012 18:55

erolz. Many thanks for seeking the above information. Very helpful. Costly !