Hopefully, the owner finds out it's lost before the battery on it dies, which shouldn't take long to figure out. Then, just like in Find My iPhone, you'd sign in and figure out where it is. Similar to that, but it's a case. That Garmin device you showed me can be taken off with ease as well...
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Hopefully, the owner finds out it's lost before the battery on it dies, which shouldn't take long to figure out. Then, just like in Find My iPhone, you'd sign in and figure out where it is. Similar to that, but it's a case. That Garmin device you showed me can be taken off with ease as well...
As chown33 said. That's a small matter of packaging.
What are you going to take out of the Garmin to get down from $199 list to $40 list?
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As chown33 said. That's a small matter of packaging.
What are you going to take out of the Garmin to get down from $199 list to $40 list?
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Beats me... unless everything was assembled on one chip. It would have to communicate with a satellite too (probably one of Garmin's)
This is the thing though, anyone can come up with a good idea. People come up with good ideas every day. An idea is utterly worthless. The implementation of that idea is what counts.
Did further research, saw that there are other ways to prevent Location Services from being disabled. Would be expensive to manufacture and maintain a steady profit from a limited market.
FWIW I found the G Shock article timely: https://www.macrumors.com/2012/12/0...tooth-low-energy-enabled-g-shock-smart-watch/
I would think that something like this might actually be a fair alternative to your idea. A low power wearable BT device that tells you when you are being separated from your phone and helps you locate it.
Find your phone is great, but the few times I've used it to notice that my phone is home, but I still don't know WHERE at home.
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I would think that something like this might actually be a fair alternative to your idea. A low power wearable BT device that tells you when you are being separated from your phone and helps you locate it.
Find your phone is great, but the few times I've used it to notice that my phone is home, but I still don't know WHERE at home.
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