I've written my first BlackBerry app (free tracking app)

[Mischief]

Just a recent update in case anyone was following this. A couple of bugs have been fixed and now you have the ability to go back in time to see where you where at a specific time, what speed you were going etc. etc. Here's a couple of screenshots which should clear it up:

and

Hi. Please tell me if the application is discreet. i.e. would the phone carrier know its on the phone? One of my clients needs to find out what her husband is doing at night when he doesn't come home and I'd rather she use one of these apps than have me follow him around. Not my kind of thing. At least I could point her in the direction of this app and not lose her business. For some reason she thinks I'm a detective or something.

[patrick]

Hi. Please tell me if the application is discreet. i.e. would the phone carrier know its on the phone? One of my clients needs to find out what her husband is doing at night when he doesn't come home and I'd rather she use one of these apps than have me follow him around. Not my kind of thing. At least I could point her in the direction of this app and not lose her business. For some reason she thinks I'm a detective or something.

Well there is an icon on the blackberry which looks like this:


And when clicked on says:
BerryLocate running
Your key is: xxxxxxxxx
Go to www.berrylocate.com and click on Find my Phone to track your Blackberry.

So no, not discreet, but if you were to move the icon to a folder, or hide it, or both... well that would be pretty discreet...

[Mischief]

Just a recent update in case anyone was following this. A couple of bugs have been fixed and now you have the ability to go back in time to see where you where at a specific time, what speed you were going etc. etc. Here's a couple of screenshots which should clear it up:

and

Hi. Please tell me if the application is discreet. i.e. would the phone carrier know its on the phone? One of my clients needs to find out what her husband is doing at night when he doesn't come home and I'd rather she use one of these apps than have me follow him around. Not my kind of thing. At least I could point her in the direction of this app and not lose her business. For some reason she thinks I'm a detective or something.

[patrick]

Looks like you double posted. Did you see my response above?

[Mischief]

Ok thanks. I'm not sure she would be able to hide or move the folder, but I don't want to be involved and it is actually her problem. Would she then just check on the website? What sort of history would it have? Days, weeks, or months

[patrick]

At the moment, no limit. I'm waiting to see what sort of tables sizes I get before I make that decision. I've toyed with the idea of making the app completely invisible, but that steps into the realm of sensitive privacy issues...

[HavocXphere]

You can also use the cellular towers to help triangulate the GPS. It's an option within the librairies and should save a bit of battery if you increase the frequency.

Only helps with sat acquisition speed, not battery life.