| With the cases of cars and motorcycles being stolen | | | | chrome accessories, unique paint jobs to upgraded |
| each year steadily growing, the need for anti-theft | | | | parts, which can cost in the tens of thousand of |
| devices is also growing. To address this demand, | | | | dollars," Robert Metz, President of WorldScout |
| Omniscout has recently introduced to the public their | | | | Corporation stated. "The Omniscout Portable and |
| newest monitoring and tracking devices. | | | | Portable Pro give users an added degree of comfort |
| The division of WorldScout Corporation which is | | | | because the system will immediately alert and notify |
| based in Phoenix, Arizona launched two models of | | | | the owner if it is being stolen or even moved without |
| tracking devices at the V-Twin Expo held in Cincinnati, | | | | authorization," Metz further added about the devices. |
| Ohio. The company has developed the most | | | | Other vehicles that can use the devices as a |
| sophisticated and most effective devices of its kind. | | | | safeguard are motor homes, snowmobiles, |
| They call the devices the Omniscout Portable and the | | | | watercrafts, all-terrain vehicles and sports boats. |
| Portable Pro. And they are calling them such for good | | | | The devices from Omniscout are the most |
| reasons - both devices are as small and lightweight as | | | | sophisticated of their kind because of the fact that |
| a cell phone, hence the name. The size of these | | | | they are very much unlike other devices of their kind. |
| devices allows them to be easily concealed in a | | | | The Omniscout Portable and the Portable Pro does |
| vehicle or even by a person. | | | | not suffer from limitations that other devices using |
| The device is so accurate that the person or vehicle | | | | GPS technology demonstrates. This is thanks to |
| carrying it can be located precisely within a few | | | | WorldScout's one of a kind Adaptive Assisted Global |
| meters. Both the devices are a combination of two | | | | Positioning System. Similar devices can only be located |
| technologies which make them the most advanced | | | | by satellite signal if there is a clear view to the sky. But |
| gadget of their kind. They employ the Global Positioning | | | | thanks to the AAGP employed by the Omniscout |
| System or GPS to broadcast their current location. | | | | Portable and Portable Pro, GPS satellites can locate |
| They also make use of GSM/GPRS wireless | | | | the device even without a clear view of the sky. In |
| communication networks. The latter technology | | | | fact, the device can be detected with an accuracy of |
| employed by the two devices allows them to receive | | | | up to a few meters even if the device is inside a |
| commands with the use of the international wireless | | | | building. |
| networks. So, both devices not only look like a cell | | | | Both the devices give information to the owner like |
| phone in size but also employ the same technology. | | | | the exact location of the vehicle, real time tracking, |
| The use of the two technologies in the development | | | | street level mapping, and cellular connectivity. Unlike |
| of a hybrid device will no doubt be welcomed by | | | | other theft prevention devices which are passive, |
| motoring enthusiasts who wants that extra protection | | | | these devices allow remote controlling of the vehicles |
| for their cars or motorcycles. | | | | equipped with it. This capability makes these gadgets |
| While the devices can be used on cars, the | | | | so effective in theft protection. The effectiveness of |
| developers of the gadgets focus on the application of | | | | these devices is akin to the braking effectiveness of |
| it on motorcycles. "Motorcycle enthusiasts make | | | | EBC rotors and calipers. |
| significant investments in their bikes, from specialized | | | | |