An Overview Of Some Of The Latest GPS Tracking-Enabled Cell Phones
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The attack on the Twin Towers in New York brought attention to more
than just the spread of terrorism around the globe; it also showed how
vulnerable our communications systems are, especially in regards to
cell phones.
The attack on the Twin Towers in New York brought attention to more
than just the spread of terrorism around the globe; it also showed how
vulnerable our communications systems are, especially in regards to
cell phones. The FCC has ordered app cellular phone companies to
institute technology allowing for cell phones to be traced within 100
meters. The cellular companies for the most part have integrated the
GPS technology into the actual phone itself instead of taking on the
momentous task of changing and modifying their networks of towers.
Now before you get all excited about the fact that your phone may have
GPS technology let me set you straight. This is not the kind that you
have in your car or use on your boat when you go fishing offshore. This
is exclusively for tracking where you are when you are making a call.
If you are a good guy this can be great news, if you get lost or in
trouble and dial 911 they can locate you. If you are a bad guy, or a
terrorist, this isn't great news for you because they can now trace
your calls and find out exactly where you are to take you down.
Now, on to a brighter outlook, the cell carriers are working to enable
customer accessible GPS service. Some of these are available now and
able to be utilized through third party providers.
Motorola is the maker for cellular phone GPS tracking units for Nextel
using the Motorola i205, i305, i530, i710, i730, i733, i736 and i830
iDEN®. As on of the leaders in bringing this technology to the market,
Motorola sources say that the phones are programmable which allows for
software developers to design the applications that will allow the user
of the phone access to the GPS data in addition to the providers of the
service.
As of now, the Nextel Corporation offers a wide variety of cell phone
GPS tracking solutions made for use with the above mentioned Motorola
cell phones. The Mobile Locator One is of the well-known cell phone GPS
tracking solutions developed by Nextel. In addition there are other
solutions are provided by the affiliates of Nextel itself, as well as
by third parties like Trimble and Mapquest.
Nokia recently announced that they were offering their Xpress-On GPS
available as optional hardware to the owners of the Nokia 5140 model
cell phones in North America. This would allow for the phones to be
used over the GSM networks through location service applications.
Hopefully with the advances we are seeing it won't be long before the
GPS technology is widely available. It is already available in smart
phones like the Treo as an upgrade with additional software.
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