MP3Car Google Maps Tracking

**Quattro** · 04-21-2005, 08:53 PM

Damn, I missed it all.

**Zip-Lock** · 04-21-2005, 10:05 PM

Originally Posted by thanatos106

So is he using a cellphone to output the data?

I have the T-Mobile air card. It fits in the computer’s PCMICA slot. It's a dedicated wireless Internet connection, completely separate from my cell phone.

**Zip-Lock** · 04-21-2005, 10:06 PM

Originally Posted by frodobaggins

Hey...now we all know where he lives

Not quite, I shut off the computer a few blocks before the I get to the street I live on.

**Zip-Lock** · 04-21-2005, 10:10 PM

Originally Posted by WeeZyFellA

16st NW is a real long street ur he's just scared of the cops to speed

There's automated speed cameras installed along 16th street.

**OriginalNick2** · 04-22-2005, 03:20 AM

Just a thought guys....

The big problem, or the problem most are going to struggle with is tansmitting the information from the car to the server.
its expensive to use your mobile GPRS etc so SMS is so cheap now why not send the info to the server in a text message?

Also you could make a site that, if you wanted your mates car (with Car PC) to go somewhere, or when your g/f gets lost cos she "doesn't understand the voice" you send a text to the "car" which is read by the computer and automatically plots it in MM??

Opinions?

**Zip-Lock** · 04-22-2005, 08:18 AM

The plan my car is on is $30/month for unlimited GRPS with my PCMICA air card. My provider charges like 5 cents per SMS message.

I like the idea of a full time Internet connection. There are other features that can be implemented such as a webcam or streaming Internet radio. Those would not be possible over SMS.

**Heckle0** · 04-22-2005, 08:50 AM

Who is that plan through. I couldn't find any sorta connection for that cheap here in cleveland.

**Zip-Lock** · 04-22-2005, 09:00 AM

I use this plan http://www.t-mobile.com/plans/default.asp?tab=internet along with my Sony Ericsson GC79 PCMCIA card.

**john1701** · 04-22-2005, 09:03 AM

Originally Posted by Zip-Lock

I use this plan http://www.t-mobile.com/plans/default.asp?tab=internet along with my Sony Ericsson GC79 PCMCIA card.

I have been looking at that, what speeds are you getting? I have been experimenting with Skype in the car.

**Zip-Lock** · 04-22-2005, 04:12 PM

Originally Posted by john1701

I have been looking at that, what speeds are you getting? I have been experimenting with Skype in the car.

It's very slow, even slower when moving or you don’t have a perfect signal. 56K modem speeds under ideal conditions. It can easily be 1/4 of that 56k speed or less.

I don't think the T-Mobile card would be suitable for VOIP applications until they implement the new EDGE network.

I have used the Verizon Broadband card with VOIP and it worked very well. But that costs $80 a month before taxes.