now Verizon customers can track their kids with GPS

location based services


Soon after Sprint revealed the Disney Mobile service which offers parents the capability to locate their children online, now Verizon offeres very similar services. One of them is called the Chaperone Child Locator and the other is the Chaperone with Child Zone. The service is available on bunch of LG phones and a few other phones from manufacturers such as Motorola and Samsung which can be used as the “parent” phone and the specially designed super cute, extra green new LG Migo -pictured above- which can be used as the “child” phone.
The Migo phone is specifically designed for the capabilities and tastes of young children (between five and nine years old). With its striking green handset, the Migo phone has four programmable call buttons and one pre-programmed emergency call button, making it easy for children to call responsible adults quickly. Parents can easily program the call buttons using the Chaperone Web site. The Migo phone is available from Verizon Wireless for $49.99 with a new two-year customer agreement.
The service utilizes VZ Navigator, an application that uses GPS and location based services (LBS). To participate users must subscribe to a wireless family plan and must have a Migo phone on that account. Parents can add the basic Chaperone Child Locator for $9.99 monthly access per line or add Chaperone Child Locator and Chaperone with Child Zone for $19.99 monthly access per line.
More details after the jump.Chaperone Child Locator – Once the child is equipped with a new or updated Migo phone and the service is activated on the account, parents can locate their child’s Migo phone from a PC via the Chaperone Web site (www.VerizonWireless.com/Chaperone). Optionally, parents can download the Chaperone application from the Get It Now® virtual store, at no charge, to conduct single location requests for the Migo phone directly from the parent’s Verizon Wireless phone. The Chaperone application for parents is available for use on a growing number of Get It Now-enabled phones.
Using this service, parents can:oPerform single location requests of the Migo phone’s whereabouts and display the location of the Migo phone on a map via the Chaperone Web site or the parent’s Verizon Wireless phoneo Program the Migo phone’s automatic calling buttons over the air from the Chaperone Web siteo Customize Chaperone settings, including ‘English’ or ‘Spanish’ language, creating a unique name for the child’s Migo phone and enabling or disabling the emergency calling button
Chaperone with Child Zone – Using the Chaperone Web site, a parent can construct an area called a Child Zone around the vicinity of locations that their child frequents (such as school, playgrounds or daycare centers). Different locations can be “zoned” for one time, always on, or for up to 24 hours. When the child arrives or leaves the predetermined area with their Migo phone, the parent is alerted via TXT Message on their Verizon Wireless phone.