Well just when I thought that the laser on some tools was about as high tech
as you could get, here comes DeWalt with a GPS sensor.

What????

Imagine, preparing to drill a hole, walking over to your computer and
plotting a route for your drill and pressing enter. The drill drills a hole
at the coordinates you entered and is guided by GPS technology.

WOWWWW!!!!


No, that is not what it is at all. Never mind.

DeWalt is coming out with the new,,,,, DeWalt MobileLock GPS Locator with
Anti-Theft Alarm (DS500)

to keep up with your equipment. Hummmmm

Only $500 plus $20 per month to monitor its where abouts.

The protection may cost more than the tool.

Read more here.

http://www.woodworkersjournal.com/ezine/toolpreview.cfm

In article , "Leon" wrote:
DeWalt is coming out with the new,,,,, DeWalt MobileLock GPS Locator with
Anti-Theft Alarm (DS500)
to keep up with your equipment. Hummmmm

Only $500 plus $20 per month to monitor its where abouts.

The protection may cost more than the tool.

Sounds like a solution in search of a problem.

--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.

By any chance was the advertising launched April 1?


"Leon" wrote in message
...
Well just when I thought that the laser on some tools was about as high
tech as you could get, here comes DeWalt with a GPS sensor.

What????

Imagine, preparing to drill a hole, walking over to your computer and
plotting a route for your drill and pressing enter. The drill drills a
hole at the coordinates you entered and is guided by GPS technology.

WOWWWW!!!!


No, that is not what it is at all. Never mind.

DeWalt is coming out with the new,,,,, DeWalt MobileLock GPS Locator
with Anti-Theft Alarm (DS500)

to keep up with your equipment. Hummmmm

Only $500 plus $20 per month to monitor its where abouts.

The protection may cost more than the tool.

Read more here.

http://www.woodworkersjournal.com/ezine/toolpreview.cfm

Leon wrote:


DeWalt is coming out with the new,,,,, DeWalt MobileLock GPS Locator with
Anti-Theft Alarm (DS500)

to keep up with your equipment. Hummmmm

Only $500 plus $20 per month to monitor its where abouts.


"Other features of the MobileLock include door contact, vibration,
tamper and temperature sensors. These features are where this product
will shine in the home shop world."

Can someone explain why I'd need a $500 GPS enabled alarm system for my
home shop?

--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA

"Mike Richardson" wrote in message
...
By any chance was the advertising launched April 1?


;~) No, it's the real deal.

Nova wrote:
Leon wrote:


DeWalt is coming out with the new,,,,, DeWalt MobileLock GPS Locator
with Anti-Theft Alarm (DS500)

to keep up with your equipment. Hummmmm

Only $500 plus $20 per month to monitor its where abouts.


"Other features of the MobileLock include door contact, vibration,
tamper and temperature sensors. These features are where this product
will shine in the home shop world."

Can someone explain why I'd need a $500 GPS enabled alarm system for my
home shop?

Forget the tools, maybe hide it in your car trunk, or in some large and
valuable household furnishing, as an antitheft device?

"Leon" wrote in message
...
Well just when I thought that the laser on some tools was about as high
tech as you could get, here comes DeWalt with a GPS sensor.

What????

Imagine, preparing to drill a hole, walking over to your computer and
plotting a route for your drill and pressing enter. The drill drills a
hole at the coordinates you entered and is guided by GPS technology.

WOWWWW!!!!


No, that is not what it is at all. Never mind.

DeWalt is coming out with the new,,,,, DeWalt MobileLock GPS Locator
with Anti-Theft Alarm (DS500)

to keep up with your equipment. Hummmmm

Only $500 plus $20 per month to monitor its where abouts.

The protection may cost more than the tool.

Read more here.

http://www.woodworkersjournal.com/ezine/toolpreview.cfm


And here I was just about to develop a lojack system for tools. Damn that
DeWalt company.

"Leon" wrote in message
...
Well just when I thought that the laser on some tools was about as high
tech as you could get, here comes DeWalt with a GPS sensor.

What????

Imagine, preparing to drill a hole, walking over to your computer and
plotting a route for your drill and pressing enter. The drill drills a
hole at the coordinates you entered and is guided by GPS technology.

WOWWWW!!!!


No, that is not what it is at all. Never mind.

DeWalt is coming out with the new,,,,, DeWalt MobileLock GPS Locator
with Anti-Theft Alarm (DS500)

to keep up with your equipment. Hummmmm

Only $500 plus $20 per month to monitor its where abouts.

The protection may cost more than the tool.

Read more here.

http://www.woodworkersjournal.com/ezine/toolpreview.cfm

My faith in the survival of the human race is gone. I'm almost glad I have
cancer. I really don't want to be around 10 years from now!
--

"Anybody can have more birthdays; but it takes
balls to get old!"

Eff it doesn't come with a built in Claymore, it's not worth it.

"Nova" wrote in message
news:H5wXh.7517$dM1.6703@trndny07...
Leon wrote:


DeWalt is coming out with the new,,,,, DeWalt MobileLock GPS Locator
with
Anti-Theft Alarm (DS500)

to keep up with your equipment. Hummmmm

Only $500 plus $20 per month to monitor its where abouts.


"Other features of the MobileLock include door contact, vibration,
tamper and temperature sensors. These features are where this product
will shine in the home shop world."

Can someone explain why I'd need a $500 GPS enabled alarm system for my
home shop?

--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA

On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 16:38:40 -0500, "Leon"
wrote:

DeWalt is coming out with the new,,,,, DeWalt MobileLock GPS Locator with
Anti-Theft Alarm (DS500)

There's a company here that offers a similar set-up for large
machines. Some of the dirt guys have locators on Bobcat's and larger
equipment.

Mike O.

Leon wrote:


DeWalt is coming out with the new,,,,, DeWalt MobileLock GPS Locator with
Anti-Theft Alarm (DS500)

to keep up with your equipment. Hummmmm

Only $500 plus $20 per month to monitor its where abouts.

If GM can have OnStar, why not DeWalt with MobileLock?

Lew

In article ,
"Leon" wrote:

I visited their (DeWalt) web-site and watched the video and formed an
unbiased opinion. Good idea for big things, not cheap.

After a few years, when the 'look' of this product becomes known to the
thieves, it might become a deterrent . That would be a good time to make
phoney blank copies of that product and sell them for 50 bucks.

Print up some radiation stickers with an image of Hillary superimposed
on it...now THAT is a deterrent.

....just saying...

r

On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 22:49:30 GMT, (Doug Miller) wrote:

In article , "Leon" wrote:
DeWalt is coming out with the new,,,,, DeWalt MobileLock GPS Locator with
Anti-Theft Alarm (DS500)
to keep up with your equipment. Hummmmm

Only $500 plus $20 per month to monitor its where abouts.

The protection may cost more than the tool.

Sounds like a solution in search of a problem.

I'd guess the problem is real enough (ask any contractor about the high
vapor pressure of unattended tools). However, I'd also guess the price of
this product is a bit steep to be a real solution to the problem.



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If you're gonna be dumb, you better be tough

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On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 22:54:50 -0400, Robatoy wrote:

In article ,
"Leon" wrote:

I visited their (DeWalt) web-site and watched the video and formed an
unbiased opinion. Good idea for big things, not cheap.

Print up some radiation stickers with an image of Hillary superimposed
on it...now THAT is a deterrent.

...just saying...


Think that just the hillary picture would be enough -- doesn't need any
embellishment by a radiation symbol or anything else.



r


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If you're gonna be dumb, you better be tough

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"Leon" wrote in message
DeWalt is coming out with the new,,,,, DeWalt MobileLock GPS Locator
with Anti-Theft Alarm (DS500)

to keep up with your equipment. Hummmmm

Only $500 plus $20 per month to monitor its where abouts.

The protection may cost more than the tool.

Read more here.

http://www.woodworkersjournal.com/ezine/toolpreview.cfm

Once on the market, someone will come up with the method to disable it in
ten seconds or less.

Just as a lot of tools in the pawn shops now are missing the charger, the
new wave of DeWalt tools will have a hold drilled in the case or some such
thing.

Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
"Leon" wrote in message

DeWalt is coming out with the new,,,,, DeWalt MobileLock GPS Locator
with Anti-Theft Alarm (DS500)

to keep up with your equipment. Hummmmm

Only $500 plus $20 per month to monitor its where abouts.

The protection may cost more than the tool.

Read more here.

http://www.woodworkersjournal.com/ezine/toolpreview.cfm


Once on the market, someone will come up with the method to disable it in
ten seconds or less.

Like smacking it with your nearby hammer?

"Just Wondering" wrote in message

Once on the market, someone will come up with the method to disable it in
ten seconds or less.

Like smacking it with your nearby hammer?

That would work, unless the hammer has GPS and the swing is detected.