Alltel Launches Child-Tracking Service
Alltel (NYSE: AT) has launched some family features. The Axcess Family Finder lets parents determine where their children are throughout the day, and has easy-to-use interactive maps to monitor or guide family members to specific locations. It also allows parents to identify specific areas that their children frequent. “Scheduled Checks” allows parents to register specific locations to be tracked during certain times, with the handset being tracked via GPS and the parents receiving a text message notifying them of the child’s location. The service is provided by WaveMarket and costs $10 per child. Alltel announce Parental Controls earlier this week.
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Nov 14, 2007 6:46 PM ET
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Nov 15, 2007 7:21 AM
Well, yesterday at my work place we have a team building session for half day. Everybody in company attended the meeting, from CEO to admin guy.
We had four groups and we had to come up with unique idea. Our idea was “Motor Nanny”, where we will provide a door to door service for parent to pick up their kids from home and drop them school, and from school to home. Also this will include other services like pick for sport event etc.
Some people in our team were from higher rankings & some entrepreneur, so we discuss the above project to i.e. tracking kids using gps.
This is an excellent idea and the service should be available for cheap to everyone.
Waqar
Nov 15, 2007 2:13 PM
It is!
Check out http://www.alltel.com/familyfinder for Alltel customers (or http://www.sprint.com/familylocator if you are a Sprint customer).
Enjoy,
joel
Jan 22, 2008 6:47 PM
The small detail that is hugely important—and left out—is that Alltel has only a few phones considered to be “capable” of using this service. Only two of them are phones that teens will like or want—and one of those is too expensive to give a kid ($300).
LG AX8600
LG AX380
Samsung Wafer
Samsung u520
Motorazr V3m
Motorazr2 V9m
Motokrzr K1m
Motorokr Z6m