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Comparison of Philips InRange & The Tile

Two reviews have been made on: Philips InRange The Tile Here, I would like to do a quick summary for you to compare and understand which is suitable for you. Aspect The Tile Philips InRange General Product Proposition Find items - big, small, immobile, mobile items FROM small or big space Keep items together with you Best Fit Find regular used items in small space e.g. living room Keep important items together with you e.g. wallet Better Design & Size Yes No Simplicity of Setup Yes Yes Type of Access You use when need (active) Warn you when disconnected (passive) GPS incorporation Yes - Location marking Yes - Enable/ Disable Alert Enable/ Disable Alert Not applicable GPS based Enable/Disable Al...

Philips InRange ~ A different concept of lost and found

Actually, I have purchased and tried InRange about a month before The Tile is delivered to me. Now, I would like to put up a review for InRange after I tried The Tile too. There are many hypes on The Tile on the websites while few on InRange. Surprisingly, I would have to say InRange have something that did right. Benefits: It is designed to keep things together with you e.g. purse, wallet It will beep when the InRange tag is far away from your smartphone You can reversed fine where your phone by making your phone beep You can deactivate the reminder by GPS location e.g. home when you done keep purse together with phone It has Two distance warning mode: Close & Far Setup: Simple  Standard Limitation: Bluetooth signal decrease over barriers (for more info on standard limitation, refer The Tile review) My experience - I tagged my company access card (less than 1 feet away from my phone in pocket).  In a 2 hours meeting where I sat still, ...

The Tile App - Review

After the long waited One year, I finally got my hand on to the TILE. It comes with two stickers to stick the TILE to any surface you want. After some quick trials, here are my summaries. What Works : Finding the App from App Store is a bit difficult due to too many apps with "tile" keywords.  Tips: click the App Store link form TheTileApp website OR click here for the App Link Setup is a breeze, just download the App and follow simple instruction Of course, it ONLY works with iOS (iPhone 4s, 5, 5s and above).   The UI Experience: Clean, Minimalist & User Friendly It consists of few core features: Add Tile Tile Status List  Green circle means Tile is NOW connected Grey circle means Tile is Disconnected & Duration last connected is shown The Search Tap the Tile icon, 8 signal bar status to show the Tile proximity Tap FIND to make the Tile "beep" once it is connected  Tap the MAP at the bottom to see current/ last recorded loc...