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Mike Temporale
12-16-2004, 11:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/cellphones/turn-old-phones-into-car-alarms-027606.php' target='_blank'>http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/cellphones/turn-old-phones-into-car-alarms-027606.php</a><br /><br /></div><i>"A company called Bladox is selling an auto alarm kit for cellphones that uses an accelerometer to determine if your car or bike has been taken without your permission, then uses the phone to call or leave an SMS to any of a variety of pre-programmed numbers. Even better, they sell it as a kit for tinkerers, too, so if you want to wire the phone and motion detector into the rest of your vehicle's circuitry you can. Or if you just want to leave an old cellphone stashed inside your car somewhere, the company sells clip-on backs to many common phones with the circuits integrated inside."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/images/Temporale-20041216-phone_alarm.jpg" alt="User submitted image" title="User submitted image"/> <br /><br />This is pretty interesting. I have a couple old Nokia 5190's that I was going to eBay, but this might be a better use for them. :lol:

Kris Kumar
12-17-2004, 06:54 AM
Cool concept. Great for hobbyists.

But seems a little expensive for regular users. I don't mean the kit (I don't know how much it costs) but the monthly cost to operate the phone stashed in your dashboard. I believe we will have to get an additional line or SIM card for the old phone so that it can send out the emergency SMS. :?

Mike Temporale
12-17-2004, 12:02 PM
True... It should work with a Pay-As-You-Go package. Which would be a little more reasonable, price wise. :)