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Are there recurring costs for 3g/4g connectivity? What's the coverage area? What is "37 Watts lithium ion battery"? Is it 37 watt-hours? Could I achieve simil

by DenisM 12y ago

Are there recurring costs for 3g/4g connectivity? What's the coverage area? What is "37 Watts lithium ion battery"? Is it 37 watt-hours? Could I achieve similar tracking ability to dropping an old Android phone into my suitcase, with a tracking app installed on it? How would this hack fall short compared to your product's tracking feature?

dfuego 12y ago
Initially there will be no additional cost for the basic level service. We might offer a premium version down the road. Still defining coverage but aiming to have a practical global coverage. The battery's capacity is 10,000 milliamps per hour. Yes, there are many hacks you can do to achieve a similar tracking ability. We want to provide a comprehensive solution in which the location tracking is just a part of it.
- noonespecial 12y ago
  "37 Watts lithium ion battery" is meaningless as a capacity. As is "10,000 milliamps per hour". You likely have a 10 amp hour, 3.7 volt battery yielding a capacity of 37 watt hours. This is about the same capacity as an ordinary smart-phone (perhaps a bit larger, I think an iphone is 5 or 10ish ).
  - dfuego 12y ago
    10,000 mah is the same as 10 amp hour. And that is 6 times what an iPhone has actually
    - amalcon 12y ago
      Those units are very different from milliamps per hour (which is basically a nonsense unit) and watts (which are a unit of energy per time, therefore saying nothing about how long the battery will last). I'm just trying to address the confusion here. Battery capacity is a relatively mundane detail, and I don't necessarily expect the people writing marketing copy to understand electrical terminology.
    - noonespecial 12y ago
      Yeah iphones are pretty small. I seem to remember some of my Sammys and Motos having in the 9-12 range. 37 might actually be approaching some small netbooks. The capacity for energy storage is volts * amps over time. So a 10 amp hour battery at 3.7v holds less energy than a 10 amp hour battery at 12v. Together it makes watt-hours. That's the best way to measure storage capacity.
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by DenisM 12y ago

dfuego 12y ago

Initially there will be no additional cost for the basic level service. We might offer a premium version down the road. Still defining coverage but aiming to have a practical global coverage. The battery's capacity is 10,000 milliamps per hour. Yes, there are many hacks you can do to achieve a similar tracking ability. We want to provide a comprehensive solution in which the location tracking is just a part of it.

noonespecial 12y ago
"37 Watts lithium ion battery" is meaningless as a capacity. As is "10,000 milliamps per hour". You likely have a 10 amp hour, 3.7 volt battery yielding a capacity of 37 watt hours. This is about the same capacity as an ordinary smart-phone (perhaps a bit larger, I think an iphone is 5 or 10ish ).
- dfuego 12y ago
  10,000 mah is the same as 10 amp hour. And that is 6 times what an iPhone has actually
  - amalcon 12y ago
    Those units are very different from milliamps per hour (which is basically a nonsense unit) and watts (which are a unit of energy per time, therefore saying nothing about how long the battery will last). I'm just trying to address the confusion here. Battery capacity is a relatively mundane detail, and I don't necessarily expect the people writing marketing copy to understand electrical terminology.
  - noonespecial 12y ago
    Yeah iphones are pretty small. I seem to remember some of my Sammys and Motos having in the 9-12 range. 37 might actually be approaching some small netbooks. The capacity for energy storage is volts * amps over time. So a 10 amp hour battery at 3.7v holds less energy than a 10 amp hour battery at 12v. Together it makes watt-hours. That's the best way to measure storage capacity.
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