Snaptracs Unleashes Tagg—The Pet Tracker - PC Magazine
Snaptracs, a wholly owned subsidiary of popular chipset manufacturer Qualcomm, will soon be releasing Tagg—The Pet Tracker, a GPS-based tracking system for keeping tabs on your pets.
According to the National Council on Pet Population Study and Policy, millions of pets go missing every year. Tagg hopes to reduce this number through wireless GPS tracking right from your pets' collar.
The Tagg tracker looks like a small armband that attaches to your pets' collar and uses GPS technology to let you know where your pets are and be notified if they wander off. Users can get access to their pets' whereabouts via mobile phone or computer.
Tagg monitors a pet's location and immediately notifies the owner via email and/or text if the pet has left its Tagg zone, the area where it spends most of its time—typically the home, yard, and adjacent areas. From there, they can receive rapidly updated GPS coordinates to help track down the stray animal. In case the owner is not home, they can choose to have others notified as well.
Tagg is designed for dogs and cats over 10 lbs. and is a small, lightweight device that can attach to any existing collar. Snaptracs claims it is built to withstand all the running, digging, and jumping of a busy pet's day, and is meant to be worn at all times, even while swimming. The battery can last up to 30 days, but actual battery life will vary based on usage patterns.
The tracker also provides battery recharge notifications, as well as a trip button, which allows the pet and owner to take walks, car rides, or travel without sending an alert.
Tagg is expected to ship in September, with service provided on the Verizon Wireless network, which has a wide range of coverage throughout the United States. The Tagg Master Kit includes all necessary hardware and one full year of tracking service for $199.99. An additional tracker with one year of service costs $139.99. After that, service plans will renew at $59.99 per year, per tracker. Visit tagg.com for more information.
And check back with PCMag for a full review of Tagg, which is sure to feature copious photos of my pug, Ira.
30 Aug, 2011
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