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http://www.trackertechs.com: Buy TrackR GPS Item Tracker. Tired of losing your keys, wallet and phone? Attach the coin-sized TrackR bravo to any item and use the TrackR app to locate it in seconds. Ring your missing item or get a reminder to grab your item before leaving it behind. Lost your phone? Press the button on your TrackR bravo to ring your missing phone – even on silent! And if you're far away from your missing item, TrackR's Crowd Locate network will show you its last location on a map. TrackR is the simplest way to find lost or misplaced items. Join the millions of people who are connected to their most important items. Available for both iPhone and Android, the TrackR app is easy and fun to use. Track your important items, so you're always connected to the things you can't afford to lose. Order a TrackR today and never lose anything again.

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Buy Light Weight Device Tracker

http://www.trackertechs.com/ : Light Weight Device Tracker. Tired of losing your keys, wallet and phone? Attach the coin-sized TrackR bravo to any item and use the TrackR app to locate it in seconds. Ring your missing item or get a reminder to grab your item before leaving it behind. Lost your phone? Press the button on your TrackR bravo to ring your missing phone – even on silent! And if you're far away from your missing item, TrackR's Crowd Locate network will show you its last location on a map. TrackR is the simplest way to find lost or misplaced items. Join the millions of people who are connected to their most important items. Available for both iPhone and Android, the TrackR app is easy and fun to use. Track your important items, so you're always connected to the things you can't afford to lose. Order a TrackR today and never lose anything again.

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Design First Product Development

As an engineer, when I approach a problem I begin with writing a specification and then I create a plan to achieve that specification. When we created the first item tracking device, phone halo, in 2009, we began with a complete list of features and software capabilities. The specification gave a complete list of required functionality that needed to be achieved.  Our team put together a plan and created the product as specified by the document in just 3 months (we also worked every day for 15 hours each day).  

However, we realized too late that we forgot to specify design requirements. So we created an ugly black box that did magical things. The app worked beautifully but looked like it was built in the early 80's. The thing was ugly and it effected user adoption dramatically because people do judge a book by its cover and our cover was ugly.

With our upcoming product, TrackR bravo, we took this learning from the past and focused on building something that looks and feels truly amazing. One of the big reasons we were able to achieve this is because we had already implemented much of the technology in previous versions of the product and had implemented thousands of little improvements reported to us by customers.

With the core technology in place, our team was able to focus on a single problem, how can we make it smaller. It's our #1 customer request is to make our devices smaller. We began to look into the pcb size, component heights, and battery size. We then realized that the biggest opportunity for size reduction was in the material.

In order to achieve structural integrity of our device, the plastic needs to be a certain thickness. However, if you replace the plastic with metal, the "wall thickness" of the device can be dramatically reduced. 

So why doesn't everyone just do this? It seems pretty obvious however metal prevents wireless signals from escaping. By working with our manufacturer, rf engineers, design team, we were able to apply techniques to get around this barrier and achieve the specified range of 100ft with our devices while having a metal device.

I'm extremely proud of our dedicated team and a big thanks goes out to all of our customers who left reviews, pinged us on twitter, wrote on our facebook wall, and sent us emails. Without you feedback and support, this wouldn't be possible.

-Chris, CEO of TrackR

@CGherb

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What is Crowd Source Tracking?

TrackR works hard to make sure that you don’t leave anything behind. By alerting you when your phone and TrackR are separated by more than 100 feet, you’re much less likely to lose those new sunglasses or your wallet. However, on the off chance that you don’t hear the alert or your valuables are stolen, Crowd Source Tracking can help you track it down.

When your TrackR device is left behind, it will automatically begin to emit a unique ID, which effectively mobilizes the entire TrackR community to be on the lookout for your lost item. When another user with the TrackR app is within 100 feet of your missing device, their app will send the location of your item to us, and we’ll send it to you. The “finder” will never even know they walked past your item, so it’s secure and anonymous; you’ll be the only one who knows where it is. Crowd Source Tracking can help you find your lost wallet or keys, so you don’t have to panic.

Visit our Indiegogo campaign to learn about how you can reserve a pair of our new Glasses TrackR today.

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Happy Halloween!

It’s Halloween and that means spooky decorations are up, candy is at the ready, and kids are in their costumes. Between carving pumpkins and passing out candy, take a moment to check out a few smartphone apps that can help with everything from hosting a haunting holiday party to trick-or-treating like a pro.

For turning your home into a haunted mansion or spooky Halloween get-together, the Halloween Soundlab app can provide spooktacular background music with sounds from witch’s cackles to werewolf howls to get guests into the holiday spirit. Foodie has an app perfect for holiday recipes, including Halloween themed cocktails and treats. But if inviting friends and family over isn’t an option, you can always share your holiday spirit with the Halloween Card Creator, an iPhone app that lets users create spooky Halloween cards and share them with loved ones through Facebook or email.

If you’re lucky enough to be trick-or-treating this year, your smartphone can help with that too. Most phones are equipped with a flashlight app, which can light your way from house to house while the kids collect candy and treats. But don’t get lost while on the hunt! A smartphone’s map feature is an easy way to plan your trick-or-treating route and to make sure you aren’t lost.  And after all that hard work, don’t spoil a great Halloween by misplacing the candy, a TrackR attached to your goodie bag will ensure that kids can enjoy all those hard-earned treats!

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TrackR App Update

Our developers have been listening to all of the suggestions, comments and feedback from iOS users and have used them to upgrade TrackR for iOS7. Since iOS7 updates apps automatically, you should already be experiencing the new and upgraded app features, including improved connectivity. 

Don't worry, Android users! We're also working very closely with the Android team at Google to make sure Android users have the best possible experience. 

Stay tuned for updates!

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Welcome to Our Official TrackR Blog!

On this blog, we'll share news on current projects, upcoming events, new partnerships and collaborations, shipping updates, and our two cents in the item tracking and mobile tech industry.

(L-R: Tommy, Chris, Christian, and Kellie. Not pictured: Scott)

For starters, let's introduce the team behind TrackR.

Tommy is our Mobile Developer, aka brogrammer extraordinaire. Every morning, Tommy cruises in with his neon blue backpack and shuffles around empty coffee cups to make room for yet another cup of coffee as he settles in to get elbow deep in coding. He's the guy you can thank for perfecting TrackR's user experience. 

If Chris, our CEO and brains behind the operation, isn't catching an early morning wave, he's taking a meeting with an investor, trying his hand at coding, or brainstorming the next great TrackR product - we've got so many in store for you. Outside of TrackR, Chris is usually surfing at his go-to Santa Barbara spot or brushing up on his Japanese - he's fluent, test him. 

Christian, COO and the voice of reason, is the other half of the founding dynamic duo. Christian leads TrackR sales and operations as the heavy hitter on the "To Do" list. When he is not closing deals with our brand and retail partners, he keeps our daily operations steadily flowing. 

Kellie joins the TrackR team as its Marketing Manager. You can usually find her glued to the computer and phone answering multiple messages at once, all while responding to Tweets (@PhoneHalo) and coming up with new marketing strategies. 

Scott is our jack of all trades, but officially goes by Director of Business Development. When he's not closing deals with distributors in China or seeking out new business opportunities, he's cranking out amazing presentations and product designs like the design wizard that he is.

We'd love to hear from you, so feel free to drop us a line in the comments section and be sure to stay posted.

Happy TrackRing!