Technology Marches On

It's fascinating how quickly technology is advancing and how it can be used to improve our lives, and in the example I'm talking about here, our travelling.

Here is an ad from a local computer shop here in Mandurah. Dickies are selling the same thing but their ad doesn't show the Iphone.

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This security system, with cameras, combined with a free App for your Iphone, will send you an SMS when the cameras detect movement and you can then view the cameras on your Iphone.

How cool is that?

Combine this with Telstra's recent generosity (I never thought I would use that word in the same sentence as "Telstra") associated with the launch of the Iphone 4 and you could get rid of your landline.

Some of Telstra's new plans have a huge amount of included calls and a huge amount of data allowance. The main reason I still have a landline is that I have a monitored alarm system. With the equipment above, I could be the Call Centre and save $100 a month. If the security system calls me, I could look at the cameras and decide whether or not I call out the cavalry.

The amount of included calls and data per month on say, Telstra's $49 Cap Plan ($400 of calls and about 1.5GB of data) means that you could easily get rid of the landline and use your mobile as a modem.

Now if only we could completely get rid of snail mail.....