Comments on: Which is better: Cell Phone or Vehicle Tracking Devices? http://www.rmtracking.com/blog/2009/06/21/which-is-better-cell-phone-or-vehicle-tracking-devices/ Daily GPS News Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:10:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 By: J. Hampton http://www.rmtracking.com/blog/2009/06/21/which-is-better-cell-phone-or-vehicle-tracking-devices/comment-page-1/#comment-1516 J. Hampton Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:01:00 +0000 http://www.rmtracking.com/blog/?p=1904#comment-1516 I agree with Mike. I have used cell phones from various cell phone companies, and I have used vehicle tracking devices that are installed in our company vehicles. I will never go back to tracking with cell phones. I have a few complaints with cell phone tracking. 1. The batteries go dead 2. The guys can tamper with them and take the battery out. 3. Just because the phone has tracking that doesn't mean I can find my driver or my vehicle. The driver will put the phone where he wants me to think he is. 4. Our cost for tracking with cell phones was three times more than it is now with vehicle tracking. 5. Cell phone tracking is much less reliable than vehicle gps tracking systems. A word to the wise: DON'T BUY A CELL PHONE FOR TRACKING. YOU WILL BE WASTING YOUR MONEY. I agree with Mike. I have used cell phones from various cell phone companies, and I have used vehicle tracking devices that are installed in our company vehicles. I will never go back to tracking with cell phones.

I have a few complaints with cell phone tracking.
1. The batteries go dead
2. The guys can tamper with them and take the battery out.
3. Just because the phone has tracking that doesn’t mean I can find my driver or my vehicle. The driver will put the phone where he wants me to think he is.
4. Our cost for tracking with cell phones was three times more than it is now with vehicle tracking.
5. Cell phone tracking is much less reliable than vehicle gps tracking systems.

A word to the wise: DON’T BUY A CELL PHONE FOR TRACKING. YOU WILL BE WASTING YOUR MONEY.

]]> By: Mike flom http://www.rmtracking.com/blog/2009/06/21/which-is-better-cell-phone-or-vehicle-tracking-devices/comment-page-1/#comment-1515 Mike flom Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:22:41 +0000 http://www.rmtracking.com/blog/?p=1904#comment-1515 Not exactly. Cell phone GPS that uses a handset (Java, BREW) application have direction and speed infformation, perhaps the author is referring to certain carrier server API's which don't). Handset GPS is usually faster to acquire a signal (because of assisted GPS) than non-assisted GPS typical of vehicle tracking systems, but then, it is more important in a handset environment. Cell phone GPS CAN determine when stopped, although clearly it does not have an ignition sensor - but cars can be parked running as well as off. That said, the main advantage of vehicle GPS is reliability; they are harder to tamper with than a cell phone that can simply be turned off and they are far less likely to run out of power. However, cell phones have the additional ability to be used as a dispatch/data collection system and for voice navigation. When tracking people who do not want to be tracked and don't have to use the cell phone application for something else (like receiving work orders), in -vehicle tracking is more reliable, though generally more expensive, solution. Not exactly. Cell phone GPS that uses a handset (Java, BREW) application have direction and speed infformation, perhaps the author is referring to certain carrier server API’s which don’t). Handset GPS is usually faster to acquire a signal (because of assisted GPS) than non-assisted GPS typical of vehicle tracking systems, but then, it is more important in a handset environment. Cell phone GPS CAN determine when stopped, although clearly it does not have an ignition sensor – but cars can be parked running as well as off.

That said, the main advantage of vehicle GPS is reliability; they are harder to tamper with than a cell phone that can simply be turned off and they are far less likely to run out of power. However, cell phones have the additional ability to be used as a dispatch/data collection system and for voice navigation. When tracking people who do not want to be tracked and don’t have to use the cell phone application for something else (like receiving work orders), in -vehicle tracking is more reliable, though generally more expensive, solution.

]]> By: ARF http://www.rmtracking.com/blog/2009/06/21/which-is-better-cell-phone-or-vehicle-tracking-devices/comment-page-1/#comment-1514 ARF Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:11:41 +0000 http://www.rmtracking.com/blog/?p=1904#comment-1514 Greg, Get a grip! This article is seriously lame. My 2 year old N95 cell phone has had an integrated GPS with world wide maps and does not require Internet access. The location, route determination, and tracking accuracy is very competitive with commercial vehicle GPS tracking sytems. Geez. Greg,

Get a grip!

This article is seriously lame.

My 2 year old N95 cell phone has had an integrated GPS with world wide maps and does not require Internet access. The location, route determination, and tracking accuracy is very competitive with commercial vehicle GPS tracking sytems.

Geez.

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