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<h1>All about Personal tracking devices</h1><strong> Author: <a href='http://www.articleseen.com/profile_soniya gurg.aspx'>soniya gurg</a></strong><br /><p>Technological growth has seen several advancements in various fields. Tracking devices is no exception from this. There has been the tremendous growth seen in the past 4 years in Personal tracking devices. There are new features that are being seen with every new tracking device and there is the huge demand for the same. One can say that there is the demand only for those devices which are small in the size of an iPod which can be kept with the kids and also with the adults. Here we can have a look at the types of the Personal tracking devices and an overview about each of them. Primarily there are the 2 types of Personal tracking devices which are available in the today market. One is the old device which uses the phenomenon of global positioning system (GPS) for the tracking. These devices use the standard batteries as the charge store and carrier. There is the option by which one will be able to recharge the batteries every time once it is down. The way of handling this device is pretty simple and can be done by anyone. Initially the Personal tracking device is placed on the person to be tracked for a certain period of time. Then once you feel that you would need to see the data, you can disconnect the device from the person and then the information from the device is downloaded into a suitable computer. The computer has the corresponding software installed to view the information in an understandable format. This device is primarily suited for human and also for vehicles. The device is small and the cost too is pretty cheap. The Personal tracking device can be hidden quite easily and also retrieved. This makes it preferred among all for personal tracking purpose. The main disadvantage of this kind of Personal tracking device is that there is the necessity to retrieve the device in order to view the information. One will not be able to track the object live. The next kind of Personal tracking device is the real time tracking device. This also uses the phenomenon of GPS. But it uses the same couple with the cell phone technology. These devices are of much more demand nowadays. One would need to get compatible with a GPS system company in order to get this device. The information is uploaded live through the cell phone technology and can be viewed immediately. You would need to pay the service company for every upload of the information. There are 2 kinds of tracking. The high value tracking uploads the data every 5 minutes whereas the low value tracking uploads for every 20 minutes. So depending upon the nature of the requirement one can choose the appropriate tracking method. Thus one can conclude that the personal tracking devices are of great use to the humans for personal and vehicle tracking.</p><strong>About the Author:</strong><br />Soniya Gurg writes content about Commercial vehicle tracking, <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.portmansecurity.com/"> Personal tracking devices</a>, GPS tracking systems, Fleet vehicle tracking. For more information visit at: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.portmansecurity.com/">http://www.portmansecurity.com/</a><p> Article Source: <a href='http://www.articleseen.com/Article_All-about-Personal-tracking-devices_35506.aspx'> http://www.articleseen.com/Article_All about Personal tracking devices_35506.aspx</a></p>

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