Hello, These are little round discs that allow you to track your items you place them on with an app. They work via bluetooth. You attach them to an item you want to keep track of like your TV remote for example.
Regards, Greg Wocher > On Feb 15, 2017, at 3:42 AM, 'Carol Pearson' via VIPhone > <viphone@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > I keep seeing mention of these but haven't a clue what they are! Can anyone > please give me a description and explain how they help! > > Yes, I could look it up, but I'm in danger of getting distracted by other > items which are called "tiles"! > > Thanks! > > > > Carol P - Sent from my iPhone :) > > > On 4 Feb 2017, at 6:59 pm, Pablo C. Morales <pablocmd2...@gmail.com > <mailto:pablocmd2...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > That is not true. You are able to replace one, or as many tiles you want. > They are going to give you a better price after you buy them the first time. > If you buy one tile, the price is higher than if you buy 12 tiles, but later > you are able to replace one, or as many you want. Now about the > accessibility on the tile app, I have found that on android this app is a lot > more accessible. I have been writing to the tile tech support regarding the > accessibility on IOs, but I haven’t seen any improvement, however on android > is a lot better. > I have more than one year using tile, and it is very helpful, and moreover > they are pretty small. If we compare the size of the tiles with the other > devices that I have seen, really tile is very small. I don’t consider tile > waste of money, I think it is a tool that helps sighted and visually impaired. > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com > <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>[mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com > <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>] On Behalf Of Kevin Chao > Sent: Saturday, February 4, 2017 12:53 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Re: Tiles and tile app? Not! > > TrackR is accessible and replaceable-battery > > On Sat, Feb 4, 2017 at 9:44 AM <englishride...@gmail.com > <mailto:englishride...@gmail.com>> wrote: > I heard of an item tracking device quite a while ago that let you replace the > battery yourself. I can't remember the brand, but I think it was Motorola or > LG or something. > > > Thanks, > Ari > > On Feb 3, 2017, at 8:45 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca > <mailto:siegh...@live.ca>> wrote: > > I’m a bit late to this discussion, but while this sounds pretty cool at > first, it’s in my opinion also a money grab and privacy collector. After I > read about the Tile I realized that it’s basically yet another subscription > since the battery in these things is supposed to last about a year after > which you have to buy a new Tile since the battery can’t be recharged or > replaced. Yes, they say they sell you consequent Tiles at a discount, but if > you have a few of them it still works out to another $4 or $6 or even more a > months. I think many people nowadays don’t realize how much we pay each > months for renewing the things we need and want. Start with the big things we > all need like rent/mortgage payments, then food, utilities and your monthly > phone/internet bill which are now considered essential services. Then there > is your TV even if all you have is a Netflix subscription, then most of us > have some sort of music subscription like Apple Music or Spotify, then many > of us nowadays have some sort of software which requires an annual software > maintenance agreement or we may subscribe to various software on a monthly or > annual bases like Office 365, KNFB Reader etc. Then there are the small > things like maybe a bit of extra iCloud Storage, optional devices like maybe > a Ring Video Doorbell and on and on. > Secondly it appears that when you install the Tiles app and start using it, > you give the company permission to collect data about the movement of your > Tile which, if you put one on your phone or keys means your movement and to > use said data any which way they like including to share or sell it to third > parties. I guess you could argue that your phone already collects this data > except when you have an iPhone you can turn this or some of this off, you > could choose to turn off your phone completely if you don’t want to be > tracked and, at least in the case of Apple, I trust them the most that they > aren’t sharing this information with everybody who may want it. Apple unlike > Google does not make its money from gathering information about you which > they can then use to target you with ads, they make their money with devices > and services and given their stand on this in the past are probably one of > the companies who cares about privacy the most. > <> > Best regards, > Sieghard > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com > <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>[mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com > <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>] On Behalf Of Andrew J. LaPointe > Sent: Friday, February 3, 2017 4:27 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Re: Tiles and tile app? Not! > > Hi, yes, lets see how this pans out. The Tile is a good idea though as > long as you don’t loose it. It does not take much to loose something like > this. Andy and Shubert > > From: Mike Ulrich <mailto:mulr...@centurylink.net> > Sent: Friday, February 03, 2017 5:21 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > Subject: RE: Tiles and tile app? Not! > > I had a long talk with a Malware Bytes support person on the phone yesterday. > She told me that I would need a sighted person to help set up everything. I > told her I didn’t have that luxury. > I was very nice and gave her a long list of reasons Malware Bytes should > consider making this what seems great product, accessible. I would think it > so very simple to make both the app and website accessible. She gave me all > the answers we’ve heard before when it comes to advocating for better > accessibility on websites and apps. > > She said she understood the blind community’s complaints against non > accessibility, and that the company has had many complaints in the past. She > then said there should probably be an upcoming update to make the app more > accessible for blind users. > > So let’s see what happens. I did tell her that I’ll keep the app and the one > tile I did purchase from Amazon; and hope for this update to come out soon. > So I’ll give it a couple of months, and if it’s all hogwash, anyone wanna buy > a single stick on tile on the cheap? > I believe 9 out of 10 sightlings prefer it! LOL! > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com > <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>[mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com > <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>] On Behalf Of Andrew J. LaPointe > Sent: Friday, February 03, 2017 5:01 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Re: Tiles and tile app? Not! > > ` Hi, I got a tile for Christmas from my son. My son mentioned about the > Tile sometime in November and I downloaded the App to my I Phone. Well, > Accessibility was in the toilet. I have the Tile installed but, my son had > to install it. It works great but, with sighted help. Andy and Shubert > > From: Mike Ulrich <mailto:mulr...@centurylink.net> > Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2017 3:57 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Tiles and tile app? 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