If you are interested in helping test the upcoming version, please e-mail moostraxsupport@gmail.com.

Note: MoosTrax works on devices running iOS 4+.

iPhone Support/Help
MoosTrax iTunes Link

• View a list of all of your devices
• View the current location of any device on your account.
• Enhanced battery usage through the “Conserve Battery” feature.

The beta is still open, so send an e-mail to moostraxsupport@gmail.com to join.

I’m looking for beta testers…and then soon I’ll be pushing it to the App Store.

Applying for the beta

Please e-mail moostraxsupport@gmail.com with your iPhone’s UDID.

For information on finding the UDID, go here: http://www.geekology.co.za/blog/2009/07/how-to-check-your-iphones-udid-from-itunes/

Screenshots

When I discovered the aforemetioned, I realized that the key to being able to take advantage of a closed platform(as a software developer, and in this case, the iPhone platform), is to strike a deal with the carrier and put some money in their pockets.

And as a consumer, if I want to run a background application on MY iPhone, which I payed good money for, I need to pay the carrier an additional monthly fee(in this case, per application), and HOPE that the application I wish to background, has a deal with the carrier(so I can pay them money, of course).

Honestly, it is disgusting what is happening in this world. Patents are ubiquitous and exclusivity is everywhere. The DMCA and similar laws cripple consumers’ rights to take control of our purchases.

Attempting to jailbreak an iPhone (and giving a user access to his own phone) can void your warranty. Why? Because Apple doesn’t want you to have control over the iPhone. They want you to use the iTunes store. They want your experience to be guided by their extensive expertise.

I’ll definitely be posting more on this subject soon, but its late now, and I need to sleep.

I will be adding push notifications soon so that when someone pulls up the Live Tracking page on the MoosTrax website, you will receive a notification on your iPhone requesting you to update your location. That is really all I can do for now, as background applications are still not permitted.

If anyone wants to help me test this first version, please email moostraxsupport@gmail.com.

Screenshots:

No automatic location updates

The iPhone OS does not allow applications to run in the background, which means MoosTrax cannot check your location and send it to the server at a fixed interval.

Push Notifications aren’t the whole solution

MoosTrax could send a push notification to your phone, telling it to send a location update to the server, but unfortunately it requires user interaction. It wouldn’t be too convenient to have your phone vibrating every few minutes asking you to update your location.

Manual updates

Initially, MoosTrax for iPhone will have support for sending location updates to the server manually when you open the application.

Stay tuned

Hopefully, within time, Apple will make the push notification functionality more advanced so that MoosTrax can be as powerful as it is on other platforms, such as Android and BlackBerry. For now, stay tuned for the iPhone application. I am waiting to be approved in the iPhone developer program and then you should see the application in the iTunes store soon.

A new BlackBerry client version has been released, version 0.3.3.

Also, existing Storm users that are experiencing update problems should raise their accuracy to 200 meters and see if that fixes the problem.