Best iTag software?

[Gordon Levi]

The iTag is a cheap bluetooth locator available from several sources.
I bought mine here <http://www.banggood.com/Sfd-p-985626.html>. All I
want to do is find my keys if I drop them in the park. Once started,
the app should tell me if the iTag is in range and, if so, which
direction I should go to find it. It should also make the iTag beep.

There are several apps that talk to an iTag but they seem to offer
many features including taking a photograph by pressing the iTag
button but they don't help find the phone.

[The Real Bev]

On 05/10/2016 08:14 AM, Gordon Levi wrote:
> The iTag is a cheap bluetooth locator available from several sources.
> I bought mine here <http://www.banggood.com/Sfd-p-985626.html>. All I
> want to do is find my keys if I drop them in the park. Once started,
> the app should tell me if the iTag is in range and, if so, which
> direction I should go to find it. It should also make the iTag beep.

Looks nifty (and only $3.00) but it's awfully large to put on my
keychain, which is already too big :-( What does bluetooth consider a
"barrier"?

> There are several apps that talk to an iTag but they seem to offer
> many features including taking a photograph by pressing the iTag
> button but they don't help find the phone.

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[Gordon Levi]

The Real Bev <bashl...@gmail.com> wrote:

>On 05/10/2016 08:14 AM, Gordon Levi wrote:
>> The iTag is a cheap bluetooth locator available from several sources.
>> I bought mine here <http://www.banggood.com/Sfd-p-985626.html>. All I
>> want to do is find my keys if I drop them in the park. Once started,
>> the app should tell me if the iTag is in range and, if so, which
>> direction I should go to find it. It should also make the iTag beep.
>
>Looks nifty (and only $3.00) but it's awfully large

The small ones are more expensive and you can't replace the battery on
the "best" one
<http://www.tomsguide.com/us/best-key-finders,review-2657.html>.

> to put on my
>keychain, which is already too big :-(

Perhaps you should read this advice about damaging your ignition
switch with a heavy key ring <http://tinyurl.com/zqf8a7f>.

> What does bluetooth consider a
>"barrier"?

It uses the same frequency as WiFi so any wall, particularly metal,
and other "WiFi" transmissions on the same frequency will interfere.

[The Real Bev]

On 05/11/2016 02:04 AM, Gordon Levi wrote:
> The Real Bev <bashl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 05/10/2016 08:14 AM, Gordon Levi wrote:
>>> The iTag is a cheap bluetooth locator available from several
>>> sources. I bought mine here
>>> <http://www.banggood.com/Sfd-p-985626.html>. All I want to do is
>>> find my keys if I drop them in the park. Once started, the app
>>> should tell me if the iTag is in range and, if so, which
>>> direction I should go to find it. It should also make the iTag
>>> beep.
>>
>> Looks nifty (and only $3.00) but it's awfully large
>
> The small ones are more expensive and you can't replace the battery
> on the "best" one
> <http://www.tomsguide.com/us/best-key-finders,review-2657.html>.
>> to put on my keychain, which is already too big :-(
>
> Perhaps you should read this advice about damaging your ignition
> switch with a heavy key ring <http://tinyurl.com/zqf8a7f>.

No. A friend just had his replaced (only the car keys on his keyring
and his Caddy was a '92, 4 years newer than mine), which cost $500. If
mine goes, that's the repair that means I send it to the knackers and
buy a Corolla.

>> What does bluetooth consider a "barrier"?
>
> It uses the same frequency as WiFi so any wall, particularly metal,
> and other "WiFi" transmissions on the same frequency will interfere.
>>
>>> There are several apps that talk to an iTag but they seem to
>>> offer many features including taking a photograph by pressing the
>>> iTag button but they don't help find the phone.

That seems odd. Why would you want to do that? Instagram: "This is me
in a godawful panic looking for my lost keys with iTag!"


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