MYFOXNY.COM -
This holiday season some
parents are going high-tech and getting their child a watch that tracks
their every move. It's called the FiLIP: a watch and phone with GPS geared at kids aged 4 to 11 -- basically before they are ready for a smart phone.
Parents
can program up to five numbers into the gadget, which kids can call
with the touch of a button. Using the FiLIP app, parents and other
preauthorized adults can track the child's location, make calls, send
texts and set "SafeZones." Parents get an alert when a child leaves a
safe zone.
"What
we learned after doing a lot of interviews with families, with moms
dads and kids, is that they would like to have some of the sophisticated
technology of a smartphone but take away some of the features like
internet access," Kirbak says.
The FiLIP was named after the CEO's son, who went missing and was found at a mall 4 years ago.