One of my fave pieces of intel was a nifty little Sony voice-activated recorder with a USB patch -- like $60 at CircuitCity, as I recall. Same thing as your deal -- able to quickly offload the recordings, then listen to (and archive) them later at my convenience. Burned them to CD, too, and used a particularly damning, "scoped" version that I called "Smoking Gun" for my re-confrontation with my wife on Day 60.
Puppy, does this Sony VAR have a USB drive for memory or some other solid state high capacity storage device, or it uses tapes? How long does it last between chargings? Also does this VAR have a tie into a landline phone system?
Originally Posted By: Puppy Dog Tails
My GPS system:
And about a $40, pay-as-you-go BoostMobile phone, with all of its sounds turned off (and a little piece of black electrical tape over its speaker, just in case), charged up and placed into my son's baseball gear bag (it was offseason) in the trunk of her car.
You can buy an app from BoostMobile called "MapQuest Find Me" for about five bucks per month, and then just add minutes as you need them (you'll hardly need them at all, since you won't be calling the phone or making any calls with it). BINGO -- a sub-$50 GSP unit.
The program is really good. It worked about 90-95% of the time, although I did have to take the phone out and re-charge it every couple of nights, and then get it back into the trunk without my wife catching me. Then I just logged on to a secure website, and I could "see" where her car was (this was legal, as the car was in my name and I paid for it). You can even set e-mail "alerts" when the phone comes within "X" distance of any predetermined location, so, for example, when her car was within 100 yards of OM's house, I'd get an e-mail.
You could always "extend" the phone charger so it is getting charged off the car's electrical system. The every several days recharge idea is a good one as well.
Originally Posted By: Puppy Dog Tails
Saves your time and worry with constant snooping, and the screen-shots make GREAT stocking-stuffers for your attorney.
Puppy
I also wanted to add to it discrete or very small camera's which can do motion, and transmit to the internet. The camera's are triggered by sound or motion. I'm hearing there are some really tiny ones these days, and discrete.
