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Mobile Phones That Are Integrated With GPS

Author: StewartM.Russell Total views: 6 Word Count: 424

Global Positioning System, much better known as GPS, is a technology meant to track anything and everything. In mobile phones, GPS provides an invaluable service in case of emergencies. GPS is a special feature, integrated in some mobile phone brands and models, such as Nokia 6110 Navigator, Blackberry Curve 8310, HTC TyTN II, Blackberry 8800, HTC Touch Cruise and Nokia N95 (8GB version).

Right now, GPS functionality is reserved for the more expensive and high-end mobile handsets. As the demand for GPS-enabled mobile phones continue to rise, cheaper, smarter and sleeker GPS mobile phones are just around the corner. More mobile manufacturers are looking into investing in the GPS technology's evolvement.

Right now the main function of GPS is navigation functions. The future holds more uses for the GPS technology and that's what is getting the attention of investors. Eventually, GPS technology can be used to give services that are dependent on location. Emergency services will be able to track down accident victims, businesses will be able to use this technology to track company vehicles and individuals will find other people whenever they require.

While the ultimate GPS usage may seem to be a privacy violation, the idea is to safeguard the public and enhance business services through the technology. Government regulations in each country specifies the limitations of GPS utilisation and they restrict anyone from using the technology to gather intelligence on anyone without their explicit permission.

GPS still suffers from the interference of tall buildings and areas that are under development. Technology is working to eliminate this problem. Currently, GPS is able to locate specific areas and roads by locating the person using a GPS-enabled phone. Phones that have GPS functioning are able to get information based on the individual locations.

In the future, GPS mobile phones will be connected with social networking sites, allowing the two parties to communicate in real-time. So, the sites can be updated as and when things happen in one place.

The first step has already been taken by social networking sites such MySpace and Facebook, by introducing a mobile-screen version of their sites. The objective is to allow user generated content to be provided easily and efficiently via the user's specific location.

GPS technology is still new and its uses in tracking children and other people who need to be monitored is being used effectively, but it can become a problem for the average person in future. This is because GPS technology can be used to advertise various products and services to persons using GPS-enabled mobile phones.

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