Family Locator app?

[BlackDynamite]

Is there an app I can install that works like the Sprint family locator? I'd like to keep tabs on where my kids are without paying Sprint $15 per month each.

Anyone know of a Windows Mobile app that will allow me use the built in GPS and allow me to see their location?

[Fuzzy Wuzzy]

Well, what I have used is Vito FindMe; basically you text the phone, the phone texts back with the gps coordinates.

[HobbesIsReal]

Navizon has a feature called Buddy Tracker where you can create groups and see where everyone is on a map that is in your group.


This is how you would set up your free account where you can earn points to get this app for free:

1) Go here to set up your free account. Remember what your login name and password are.

2) On your handheld, open IE and go to "www.navizon.com" . It opens up the PDA optimized site. Click on the link named Download. This will install it directly to your phone.

3) Log into Navizon on your handheld with the login name and password you you just created.

Otherwise you just follow the same steps above and then upgrade and pay $24 one time fee. I think only the phone that you want track on needs to have the $24 software on it while all the others just need the free version.

[integra144]

Originally Posted by HobbesIsReal

Navizon has a feature called Buddy Tracker where you can create groups and see where everyone is on a map that is in your group.


This is how you would set up your free account where you can earn points to get this app for free:

1) Go here to set up your free account. Remember what your login name and password are.

2) On your handheld, open IE and go to "www.navizon.com" . It opens up the PDA optimized site. Click on the link named Download. This will install it directly to your phone.

3) Log into Navizon on your handheld with the login name and password you you just created.

Otherwise you just follow the same steps above and then upgrade and pay $24 one time fee. I think only the phone that you want track on needs to have the $24 software on it while all the others just need the free version.

but it cant track you live does anyone know of a program that can do it live?

[BlackDynamite]

Are these apps stealth? I don't want my kids to know when I am tracking them. I want to just be able to discretely look up where they are. If I tell them I know they were at such and such place, I don't want them to know I used their phones to find out.

[duprade]

if u really want to stalk them ... use something called flexspy


but may this will help

Senstic Private Tracker Pro v1.0 Beta
Requirements: Windows All + Vista, WM5, WM6
Overview: Private Tracker Pro is a mobile tracking tool that runs on Windows Mobile-based PDAs and Smartphones. Private Tracker Pro tracks the user`s current location and logs the locations that the user has visited into a hidden log file. Best of all, Private Tracker Pro runs in a discrete manner, and the user is not aware that his or her whereabouts are tracked.


Features
* Location tracking without need of GPS.
* 99% indoor availability and 10-20m accuracy.
* Runs discretely and continuously.
* No user interaction needed.
* Configurable log duration and frequency.
* Location display using Google Maps.
* Export the location result to CSV for Excel.
* Works with all Windows Mobile-based PDAs and Smartphones

[HobbesIsReal]

Originally Posted by integra144

but it cant track you live does anyone know of a program that can do it live?

I haven't used this feature yet, but I think it does track live. And I am not sure if this is the best solution for what the OP is looking for. For what it is worth, here is what their website says:

With the Buddy Tracker, you can see the geographic location of the members of the groups you belong to. Similarly, you can share your whereabouts with your friends by selecting the "Send Location" feature on Navizon (only if you want to and whenever you want to).

So whether you want to make sure your daughter gets to school safely or see where you friends are gathering so that you can join them, the Buddy Tracker will be the ideal companion.

On your phone, use your buddy tracker and set your privacy options:

• See your buddies' location on the map:
  When you see the map, hit Menu > Buddies > List ., and then Menu > Show on map, you can also call them or search a particular contact.

NOTE: Check 'Update Live' to update the positions each time Navizon connects to server.

• Choose the groups you want to see on the Map:
  Click on Manage groups, and check the groups you are interested in.

• Make your location available to your group buddies:
  When you see the map, hit Menu > Buddies, and check 'Send Location'

If you are using Navizon with a GPS, you will be able to share your location with your group members' wherever you go. If you don't have a GPS and are using Navizon in Wi-Fi/cellular positioning mode, this feature will work in the areas already covered (see "My coverage" in the user section).

NOTE: You can also find your buddies on the web interface, in the member section, click on Tracker and you will be able to see the position of your friends who made their location available.
No Big Brother here

With Navizon's buddy tracker, only users that are member of your groups can see your location. So you can only be located by the people you want.
And if you don't want anyone to know where you are, you can even turn it off altogether by unchecking "Send location".

http://www.navizon.com/navizon_navizon.asp

[nuguy]

a link would be good...

[DaveAz]

Originally Posted by nuguy

a link would be good...

google.com


http://www.tool32.com/internet/secur...pro_68367.html

[BlackDynamite]

That looks like it might be what I need. It says it uses Wifi though, so i don;t know if it uses the Sprint network or not.

Also, do you think I would need to get their phones and export a file to get the location history, or could I log into a web site or something and get the location in real time (without physically exporting a file from their phones)?