An exciting milestone
After working on research, product design, and finally development, AlertMe is now taking pre-orders from friends and family for a limited edition release before we launch nationally. This is an incredibly exciting moment for all of us, as the system we've been working on is finally becoming a real product. If you'd like to be one of the first 100 customers of a new kind of home awareness system, email me asap! We won't be billing anyone until we ship kits out, and we'll reconfirm your order before shipping.
After all this time in development, and with so many great features, it's sometimes hard to step back and see the real user value in the system rather than just the overwhelming coolness and flexibility we have to offer. There will be more content on the website soon, but I can do no better today than to quote my colleague Nik in Marketing:
What: AlertMe revolutionary home security & more! You’ll have the ability to check on your home and receive alerts about activity ranging from the everyday (your kids got home safe or the cleaner came) to the emergency (someone broke in or your house is on fire.) AlertMe is designed for people, not only for the sake of techno-lust, so it’s easy to use and to personalize for the way you live.
How: With a variety of clever devices and a stylish hub that plugs into your broadband. It’s easy to set up, no drilling, no tools, just peel & stick things up as we guide you through it all on the website. The various accessories communicate wirelessly with the hub, and the hub uses the internet to connect securely to the rest of the world. It has battery power and a mobile phone network card to continue working even if your house loses power or drops off the internet. You can connect with your home from anywhere using your mobile or through our cool web site. Anyway, you already have broadband, why not put it to good use when you’re not checking your email, watching YouTube, or downloading music?
Where: Anywhere you live (in the UK.) It’s completely portable, so fine even if you’re renting. You can connect or receive alerts anywhere in the civilized world. We’ll expand to other worlds sometime soon.
Why: To protect your most precious valuables: your home and family. To stop the paranoia about whether you closed the front door. To check on things while you’re away for work or on holiday. To impress your friends at cocktail parties or the pub. To be the first to spot a trend that will change the world. To stop your parents nagging you about living in the big city. To guard your bicycle shop in Newmarket. To know everything is ok.
After all this time in development, and with so many great features, it's sometimes hard to step back and see the real user value in the system rather than just the overwhelming coolness and flexibility we have to offer. There will be more content on the website soon, but I can do no better today than to quote my colleague Nik in Marketing:
What: AlertMe revolutionary home security & more! You’ll have the ability to check on your home and receive alerts about activity ranging from the everyday (your kids got home safe or the cleaner came) to the emergency (someone broke in or your house is on fire.) AlertMe is designed for people, not only for the sake of techno-lust, so it’s easy to use and to personalize for the way you live.
How: With a variety of clever devices and a stylish hub that plugs into your broadband. It’s easy to set up, no drilling, no tools, just peel & stick things up as we guide you through it all on the website. The various accessories communicate wirelessly with the hub, and the hub uses the internet to connect securely to the rest of the world. It has battery power and a mobile phone network card to continue working even if your house loses power or drops off the internet. You can connect with your home from anywhere using your mobile or through our cool web site. Anyway, you already have broadband, why not put it to good use when you’re not checking your email, watching YouTube, or downloading music?
Where: Anywhere you live (in the UK.) It’s completely portable, so fine even if you’re renting. You can connect or receive alerts anywhere in the civilized world. We’ll expand to other worlds sometime soon.
Why: To protect your most precious valuables: your home and family. To stop the paranoia about whether you closed the front door. To check on things while you’re away for work or on holiday. To impress your friends at cocktail parties or the pub. To be the first to spot a trend that will change the world. To stop your parents nagging you about living in the big city. To guard your bicycle shop in Newmarket. To know everything is ok.
posted by Laura James at 5:24 PM
2 Comments:
I didn't understand the word 'civilized'. Did you mean 'industrialized'? There is a big difference between civilized and industrialized. Anyways, it is good to know that this technology will also be introduced to 'non-industrialized' countries or countries which were deprived of technology -scientific thoughts and their benefits are not an intellectual property, rather a common heritage of human kind). I don't know who set the criteria for being civilized, industrialized, third world and so on. Did you ever think about it?
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Mmm, interesting point. The original piece was just a quick, jokey marketing blurb, and wasn't thought out at all; I suspect we mean "anywhere with mobile phone coverage" or GSM coverage, as we can contact our users via their mobiles. I'm not sure if that is the industrialised world these days, or how prevalent GSM is in areas which might not be considered fully industrialised.
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