{"video_id":"uQW4GJKC_84","title":"Innova Protag Loss Prevention Device Unboxing & Overview","channel":"Linus Tech Tips","show":"Linus Tech Tips","published_at":"2014-05-07T14:53:29Z","duration_s":360,"segments":[{"start_s":5.68,"end_s":11.44,"text":"Want a portable power bank, wireless AP SD card, and USB reader for your mobile","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":9.76,"end_s":15.679,"text":"devices? Check the link in the video description to learn more about the ADA","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":13.28,"end_s":21.92,"text":"Dash Drive Air AE400. Now, the irony of a product that is designed to uh prevent","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":19.279,"end_s":26.8,"text":"theft of your devices is that it comes in the most like theft proof packaging I","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":25.519,"end_s":30.96,"text":"think I've ever seen. You can't even open the thing. And now I've gone and ripped up the user manual. It's okay","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":29.519,"end_s":36.559,"text":"though cuz we have another one. This is the Anova Pro Tag. So, the idea of this","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":34.0,"end_s":40.399,"text":"is that it's a card-sized device. So, you can see it's quite slim, designed to","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":38.719,"end_s":44.32,"text":"fit in your wallet or your purse or your passport holder or whatever else that","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":41.92,"end_s":47.2,"text":"helps protect your belongings and makes it harder for you to lose your","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":45.6,"end_s":50.16,"text":"smartphone, which I personally think is a good thing. All right. It uses","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":48.64,"end_s":54.16,"text":"Bluetooth. It's compatible with Android and Blackberry smartphones. It can sync","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":52.64,"end_s":57.12,"text":"to your mobile slot and Okay, why don't we just do what it actually does? Okay.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":55.68,"end_s":61.84,"text":"So, the phone alarm rings when you exceed the predetermined distance from your belongings, which is preset to 10","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":60.0,"end_s":64.879,"text":"m, but can be adjusted. And it allows you to secure your mobile phone to you","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":63.6,"end_s":68.159,"text":"can track down your stolen phone via SMS. If the SIM card is replaced, new","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":66.64,"end_s":73.04,"text":"number details will be sent to you. That's very cool as well. So, it has 150","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":71.04,"end_s":77.2,"text":"hour long battery life and is chargeable via a built-in USB cable. So, let's go","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":75.439,"end_s":81.6,"text":"ahead and have a look at the actual device itself. So, there's three","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":79.04,"end_s":85.0,"text":"different uh buttons or things on here. One looks like an LED indicator. The","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":83.52,"end_s":89.119,"text":"next thing says power/discovery. And the last one says","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":87.68,"end_s":93.439,"text":"distance. So it looks like that's how you configure the distance. Over here","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":91.52,"end_s":98.159,"text":"appears to be the built-in USB connector. So you can slide that out","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":95.92,"end_s":102.479,"text":"with a simple little thumb slider right here. Slide that in and out. And you can","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":100.4,"end_s":105.84,"text":"charge it for that 150 hour battery. So let's go ahead and fire this up. There's","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":104.24,"end_s":111.439,"text":"an app that you install on your phone, obviously. So let's see if we hold that","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":109.399,"end_s":114.159,"text":"down. Look at that. Comes with a little bit. Oh, no. It's flashing blue and red.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":113.2,"end_s":120.24,"text":"So, we're going to figure out how to use this, and then we're going to do a quick uh test here. So, there's basically","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":117.68,"end_s":124.479,"text":"three main menu things here. So, number one is the settings. So, you can set it","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":122.56,"end_s":127.6,"text":"up to send an SMS to your saved number when the SIM change is detected. And","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":125.92,"end_s":132.239,"text":"then you can also do mobile tracking with SMSing Protag base password to your","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":130.56,"end_s":136.48,"text":"phone's to your mobile number to track your phone's location. So, there's a default password which you can change.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":134.8,"end_s":141.12,"text":"You can also change your alarm settings, whether you want it to ring on silent,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":138.56,"end_s":146.0,"text":"and uh what volume you want it to use when the phone itself is on silent. Next","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":143.599,"end_s":150.64,"text":"up, you've got adding Protag devices. So, all you need to do to do this is","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":147.84,"end_s":155.519,"text":"hold power/discovery until it flashes blue and red. So, hopefully that'll","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":152.959,"end_s":159.92,"text":"happen pretty quickly here. There we go. So, blue and red flashing. Then you","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":158.0,"end_s":163.12,"text":"click add device and it works like pretty much any other Bluetooth thing","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":161.28,"end_s":165.84,"text":"where it takes a second and then fires up.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":169.04,"end_s":176.48,"text":"So, that takes about 10 seconds. And once that's done, it gives you a little popup showing you how it pretty much","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":173.68,"end_s":179.36,"text":"works. So, you can snooze the alarm if you go too far away from the device. So,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":178.16,"end_s":184.519,"text":"you can set an amount of time. Don't bother me about this for a little bit. You can stop monitoring until you start","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":182.8,"end_s":188.64,"text":"it again manually, or you can immediately continue to monitor it, say","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":186.72,"end_s":192.56,"text":"if you move closer to it, and you're ready to go. Okay, so we've got Protags","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":190.72,"end_s":198.04,"text":"one and two. So, I'm going to go ahead and call this one. I'm going to change","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":194.48,"end_s":200.8,"text":"the little setting here.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":198.04,"end_s":204.0,"text":"Wallet. Okay. It helps if you spell wallet right. There you go. So, I'm","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":202.48,"end_s":207.599,"text":"going to take this one and put it in my wallet. So, just for comparison, this is","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":205.519,"end_s":211.599,"text":"3 mm, which isn't quite the thickness of a card, but it's the same shape as a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":209.68,"end_s":215.36,"text":"card, which makes it sort of something that at least can fit in a wallet. My","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":213.92,"end_s":219.2,"text":"wallet's not that big, but it fits in there just fine. So, the Let's go","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":218.0,"end_s":224.64,"text":"through the rest of the settings for our wallet device. So, there's a last disconnected date and time, last known","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":222.239,"end_s":230.239,"text":"location, which you can check, as well as a proximity alert. So, the device is","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":226.64,"end_s":232.56,"text":"already within range, and connected. Uh,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":230.239,"end_s":235.599,"text":"delete this device. And that is pretty much it. So, let's go ahead and let's go","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":234.48,"end_s":241.599,"text":"ahead and see how it works. So, I'm going to try and leave my wallet on the unboxing table, and I'll take this one","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":239.519,"end_s":244.64,"text":"with me because I don't want anything bad to happen. So, it's time for a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":243.12,"end_s":248.239,"text":"practical test. Now, while this isn't the sort of thing I'd see myself using","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":246.48,"end_s":251.76,"text":"every day, it's the kind of thing that maybe while I'm traveling would be","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":250.08,"end_s":256.479,"text":"incredibly useful. So, you throw one of them in, say, for example, your luggage.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":254.08,"end_s":260.72,"text":"You throw one of them in your wallet and hope you don't lose your phone. So,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":257.84,"end_s":265.04,"text":"unlike the Kensington Proximo, an alarm doesn't go off cuz that one uses little","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":262.8,"end_s":268.08,"text":"fobs that you can put on your keys, for example. And that one has an alarm that","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":266.639,"end_s":271.68,"text":"goes off on the fob that tells you if you left your phone behind, which is","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":270.0,"end_s":276.4,"text":"kind of neat as well, but only works on iPhone 4S and iPhone 5, whereas this one","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":274.72,"end_s":279.919,"text":"is Android. So, there's there's some different sort of uh advantages and","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":278.32,"end_s":283.68,"text":"disadvantages you got away. But I just want to show you guys basically how long","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":281.44,"end_s":287.199,"text":"it'll take for me to go, okay, wallet secured. So, I'm going to put that in","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":285.199,"end_s":290.639,"text":"the pocket where I also have my luggage pro tag. Then, I've got my wallet","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":289.199,"end_s":298.0,"text":"protag, which I put in my wallet. I'm going to accidentally drop my wallet on the concrete and walk away.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":295.28,"end_s":304.96,"text":"So, we'll see how far I get. I'm at my motorbike. There's B-roll's","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":300.759,"end_s":307.12,"text":"car. And oh, there it goes. So, I can","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":304.96,"end_s":312.36,"text":"snooze the alarm, stop monitoring, or reconnect. So, you lost your belonging","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":309.96,"end_s":316.96,"text":"wallet. Let's go ahead and go back there. And I'm going to try and","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":314.24,"end_s":320.0,"text":"reconnect and see if it can uh see if it can pick that back up for","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":321.4,"end_s":327.84,"text":"me. There we go. wallet is now secured","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":325.199,"end_s":330.8,"text":"and on now that I have been reunited with it. Thank you for checking out my","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":329.199,"end_s":336.52,"text":"unboxing and first look at the Protag. Don't forget to subscribe to Lance Tech for more unboxings, reviews, and other","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":333.199,"end_s":336.52,"text":"computer videos.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":347.84,"end_s":350.84,"text":"Huh?","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0}],"full_text":"Want a portable power bank, wireless AP SD card, and USB reader for your mobile devices? Check the link in the video description to learn more about the ADA Dash Drive Air AE400. Now, the irony of a product that is designed to uh prevent theft of your devices is that it comes in the most like theft proof packaging I think I've ever seen. You can't even open the thing. And now I've gone and ripped up the user manual. It's okay though cuz we have another one. This is the Anova Pro Tag. So, the idea of this is that it's a card-sized device. So, you can see it's quite slim, designed to fit in your wallet or your purse or your passport holder or whatever else that helps protect your belongings and makes it harder for you to lose your smartphone, which I personally think is a good thing. All right. It uses Bluetooth. It's compatible with Android and Blackberry smartphones. It can sync to your mobile slot and Okay, why don't we just do what it actually does? Okay. So, the phone alarm rings when you exceed the predetermined distance from your belongings, which is preset to 10 m, but can be adjusted. And it allows you to secure your mobile phone to you can track down your stolen phone via SMS. If the SIM card is replaced, new number details will be sent to you. That's very cool as well. So, it has 150 hour long battery life and is chargeable via a built-in USB cable. So, let's go ahead and have a look at the actual device itself. So, there's three different uh buttons or things on here. One looks like an LED indicator. The next thing says power/discovery. And the last one says distance. So it looks like that's how you configure the distance. Over here appears to be the built-in USB connector. So you can slide that out with a simple little thumb slider right here. Slide that in and out. And you can charge it for that 150 hour battery. So let's go ahead and fire this up. There's an app that you install on your phone, obviously. So let's see if we hold that down. Look at that. Comes with a little bit. Oh, no. It's flashing blue and red. So, we're going to figure out how to use this, and then we're going to do a quick uh test here. So, there's basically three main menu things here. So, number one is the settings. So, you can set it up to send an SMS to your saved number when the SIM change is detected. And then you can also do mobile tracking with SMSing Protag base password to your phone's to your mobile number to track your phone's location. So, there's a default password which you can change. You can also change your alarm settings, whether you want it to ring on silent, and uh what volume you want it to use when the phone itself is on silent. Next up, you've got adding Protag devices. So, all you need to do to do this is hold power/discovery until it flashes blue and red. So, hopefully that'll happen pretty quickly here. There we go. So, blue and red flashing. Then you click add device and it works like pretty much any other Bluetooth thing where it takes a second and then fires up. So, that takes about 10 seconds. And once that's done, it gives you a little popup showing you how it pretty much works. So, you can snooze the alarm if you go too far away from the device. So, you can set an amount of time. Don't bother me about this for a little bit. You can stop monitoring until you start it again manually, or you can immediately continue to monitor it, say if you move closer to it, and you're ready to go. Okay, so we've got Protags one and two. So, I'm going to go ahead and call this one. I'm going to change the little setting here. Wallet. Okay. It helps if you spell wallet right. There you go. So, I'm going to take this one and put it in my wallet. So, just for comparison, this is 3 mm, which isn't quite the thickness of a card, but it's the same shape as a card, which makes it sort of something that at least can fit in a wallet. My wallet's not that big, but it fits in there just fine. So, the Let's go through the rest of the settings for our wallet device. So, there's a last disconnected date and time, last known location, which you can check, as well as a proximity alert. So, the device is already within range, and connected. Uh, delete this device. And that is pretty much it. So, let's go ahead and let's go ahead and see how it works. So, I'm going to try and leave my wallet on the unboxing table, and I'll take this one with me because I don't want anything bad to happen. So, it's time for a practical test. Now, while this isn't the sort of thing I'd see myself using every day, it's the kind of thing that maybe while I'm traveling would be incredibly useful. So, you throw one of them in, say, for example, your luggage. You throw one of them in your wallet and hope you don't lose your phone. So, unlike the Kensington Proximo, an alarm doesn't go off cuz that one uses little fobs that you can put on your keys, for example. And that one has an alarm that goes off on the fob that tells you if you left your phone behind, which is kind of neat as well, but only works on iPhone 4S and iPhone 5, whereas this one is Android. So, there's there's some different sort of uh advantages and disadvantages you got away. But I just want to show you guys basically how long it'll take for me to go, okay, wallet secured. So, I'm going to put that in the pocket where I also have my luggage pro tag. Then, I've got my wallet protag, which I put in my wallet. I'm going to accidentally drop my wallet on the concrete and walk away. So, we'll see how far I get. I'm at my motorbike. There's B-roll's car. And oh, there it goes. So, I can snooze the alarm, stop monitoring, or reconnect. So, you lost your belonging wallet. Let's go ahead and go back there. And I'm going to try and reconnect and see if it can uh see if it can pick that back up for me. There we go. wallet is now secured and on now that I have been reunited with it. Thank you for checking out my unboxing and first look at the Protag. Don't forget to subscribe to Lance Tech for more unboxings, reviews, and other computer videos. Huh?"}